Muslim kingdom in northern Sumatra in the seventeenth century.

Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Nanggröe Aceh Darussalam. Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin.

a place where people cannot sleep, where the word "water" provokes spasms of terror and where grown men weep in each other's arms

a horrifying and sad place