Education, Food and Travel

Pardi Karliza (Acehnese researcher) is standing at Lebuh Achèh street name pole in Georgetown, Penang Island. There was where Acehnese mosque built gloriously in the location.  An Acehnese Mosque located in the center of Georgetown, Penang Island, was very heart-touching place to visit. It made me proud to be an Acehnese generation. The mosque was built by Tunku Syed Hussein Al-Idid, a politically influential Acehnese kingdom prince and rich merchant, in 1808 after his arrival in 1792. The Masjid Jamiek built with Moorish style (combinations between Indian, Egyptian, and Chinese styles) and roofed with Meru, not with a half square dome in usual. In the mosque’s yard, noble dead bodies of him and his family were buried.  Pardi Karliza (Acehnese researcher) posed in front of Masjid Jamiek Lebuh Acheh in Georgetown, Penang Island. The mosque built on donated land and fund of Tunku Syed Hussein Idid, a politically influential Acehnese kingdom prince and rich merchan...