Tuanku Abbas

Tuanku Abbas

Infobox Pirate
name = Tuanku Abbas
lived = 19th century


caption =
nickname =
type = Pirate
placeofbirth = Aceh, Indonesia
placeofdeath =
allegiance = flagicon|Indonesia Indonesia
serviceyears = 1840s
base of operations = Indian Ocean
rank = Captain
commands =

Tuanku Abbas was a Malayan pirate active in the 1840s and the brother of a rajah of Aceh. Abbas was known for sponsoring and leading pirate raids. His most notable raid was in 1843 when he capturered an Indian Crew and plundered their ship. After capture, the crew escaped and appealed to the British authorities who in 1844 burned Abbas' village.citeweb|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WUGJVMEqRkMC&pg=PA205&ots=ajIA-BE4k6&dq=Jacobszoon+Lucifer&sig=bulFPnY_ndR71mA3adb-tYA1OzE|title=Pirates!: Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend|accessdate=2007-05-09|last=Rogoziński|first=Jan|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0-306-80722-X|year=1995|pages=1]

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