MAHAPATIH Majapahit Kingdom, Gadjah Mada seems a little disturbed to hear the news about the greatness of the Kingdom of Samudera Pasai. Majapahit was worried about the rapid progress of the Samudera Pasai Kingdom, which had a strategic trade route in the Malacca strait.
Then Gadjah Mada began to prepare plans to attack the Islamic kingdom on the island of Sumatra. Rumors about an attack by the Majapahit army were widely heard among the people in Aceh. The war fleet of the Majapahit Kingdom under the command of Mahapatih Gadjah Mada began its action in 1350 with several stages. Majapahit's first attack was directed at the Perlak border but failed because the location was heavily guarded by the soldiers of the Sultanate of Samudera Pasai. As quoted from the book "Encyclopedia of the Islamic Empire in Indonesia, Binuko Amarseto".
Gadjah Mada then retreated to the sea and looked for a clearing on the unguarded east coast. On the Gajah River, Gadjah Mada landed his troops and built a fort on a hill, which until now is known as Bukit Meutan or Bukit Gadjah Mada. Gadjah Mada then carried out a two-way attack strategy, namely from the sea and the land route. Attacks by sea were carried out on coastal areas in Lhokseumawe and Jambu Air, while road raids were carried out via Paya Gajah which is located between Perlak and Pedawa areas. The attack from the ground turned out to be not as planned and failed because it was blocked by the soldiers of the Sultanate of Samudera Pasai. Meanwhile, attacks carried out by sea could actually reach the palace.
The Majapahit kingdom's attack on Samudera Pasai was motivated by political factors as well as economic interests. The progress of trade with the bustling airports in the kingdom's territory and the prosperity of the people of the Ocean Pasai Kingdom made Mahapatih Gadjah Mada want to seize it. Although the expansion of the Majapahit kingdom in order to control the Samudera Pasai region has been carried out repeatedly but the Samudera Pasai Sultanate is still able to survive, until finally slowly the resistance given by the Samudera Pasai kingdom began to recede as the influence of Majapahit in the Strait of Malacca grew stronger.
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