JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE P-ISSN: 2086-2636 E-ISSN: 2356-4644 Journal Home Page: http://ejournal.uin-malang.ac.id/index.php/JIA 196 | Journal of Islamic Architecture, 6(3) June 2021 ISLAMIC GARDEN CONCEPT IN BUSTANUSSALATIN (GARDEN OF THE KINGS), ACEH, INDONESIA | Received December 12 th , 2020 | Accepted February 17 th , 2021 | Available online June 15 th , 2021 | | DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v6i3.10840 | Nurul Fakriah Department of Architecture State Islamic University of Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia nurul.fakriah@ar-raniry.ac.id ABSTRACT In the 17 th century, Nuruddin Ar-Raniry wrote a manuscript about the Aceh Kingdom, namely Bustanussalatin, which means the garden of the kings. Fol- lowing the working title, in one part of the chapter, he described the garden lied in the kingdom in detail. This study aims to determine if the garden exist- ed in that era can be delivered as an Islamic garden, considering the Kingdom was ruled based on Islamic law. To answer that, analysis the part of Busta- nussalatin which described the garden was carried out using the content analysis method. The coding and sorting based on the concept of Islamic garden based on Islamic source, which is the Quran and Hadits, which has been carried out by other research. The result showed that the garden im- plemented the Islamic garden concept in picturing the garden in Heaven. However, it can not be denied that some restriction in sharia was disobeyed in the garden in using the elements of the historical garden, KEYWORDS: Bustanussalatin, Aceh historical garden, Islamic landscape, the garden of the kings INTRODUCTION Nuruddin Ar-Raniry wrote in his famous manu- script, Bustanussalatin (which means: garden of the kings), about the garden in the Aceh Kingdom in the 17 th century in one of his chapters of his work [1]. This garden's name was "Taman Ghairah," which was built by Sultan Iskandar Muda and fnished by his son-in-law, Sultan Iskandar Thani [1][2] [3]. Sulthan Iskandar Thani assigned Ar-Raniryni to write about the Kingdom. The work contained several chapters in historichroordercal [3]. The description of the historical garden in the Aceh Kingdom was only a piece of the great work of Ar- Raniry. However, the narrative was very detailed [1]. During the era of the Sultanate or the Islamic Kingdom, Aceh was ruled by the Kings (and also Queens, after the death of the last King in the 17 th century) based on Islamic law [1] [4]. Until now, the Islamic garden which became a reference to many scholars was the garden palace complex Alhambra Granada in Spain, the garden of Taj Mahal in India, and the garden in Persia [5][6][7]. The location of the gardens considered as Islamic garden are where the Islamic Empire had existed. Those places were considered the heart of the Islamic World. The location of the Aceh Kingdom, which is geographically far from the heart of the Islamic World, caused it rarely mentioned as part of the Islamic World. However, his- torically, Aceh Kingdom played a signifcant role in spreading Islam in South East Asia [1][4] [8]. Referring to the fact that the Aceh Kingdom was the Islamic Kingdom, ruled by Islamic law, and played an essential role in spreading Islam in the area, it is arguable that the garden that existed in that era can be considered as an Islamic garden. Therefore, this study aims to fgure out whether or not the garden mentioned in Bustanussalatin, which was existed in the 17 th century, can be considered as an Islamic garden. METHODS The method used in this study was content analy- sis from the work of Nuruddin Ar-Raniry, namely Busta- nussalatin. The content analysis methodology is proper to evaluate the antecedents, message characteristics and properties, and consequences of the communica- tion, including the manuscript text [9]. However, since the original manuscript is considered missing, and the copies are spread out worldwide, the source used in this study is based on the transliteration version as attached in Lombard's book [1]. To complete the part of the garden section from Bustanussalatin in Lom- bard's attachment, the work from Arief was also used to complete the vegetation list mentioned in Bustanus- salatin [10]. This method intended to discover the nature of garden in the Aceh Kingdom in the 17 th century, then to compare to the literature which defned the concept of