Hulubalang Raja (The King’s Guard)
Description
Author: Nur Sutan Iskandar
Published: Boekhandel Ravena
Year Published: 1933
Category: Fiction
In the novel Hulubalang Raja (The King’s Guard), it tells the story of a triangular war between a greedy king and the Company (VOC [Duth East Indies Company]) against a king who defends the truth whose land is not colonized. This incident occurred in the Minangkabau and Aceh areas, precisely in the Upstream and Downstream City areas. Sultan Ali Akbar is a son of the king in Hulu who is wise, honest, kind and brave who leads the people's struggle against injustice carried out by King Hilir or Sultan Muhammad Syah and The Company.