<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31486430</termId><termName>Acehnese</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ The Acehnese are an ethnic group of mixed Malay, Arabic, and Indian ancestry inhabiting Aceh, a Special Autonomous Region located on the northwestern tip of Sumatra in western Indonesia, with a population estimated between 890,000 and 3.6 million. Historically, Aceh developed into a powerful Islamic sultanate that established a monopoly on the Sumatran pepper trade and maintained strong ties to the Arab and Indian Islamic world, reaching its cultural and political peak during the seventeenth century. The Acehnese speak a language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family and practice a form of Islam more closely aligned with the traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and Indian subcontinent than with the moderate Islamic practices prevalent elsewhere in Indonesia. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:38:57</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31335688</termId><termName>Indonesian regional styles and periods</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>