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Syekh Kapalo Koto

شيخ كابالو كوتو

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Minangkabau

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Depth

At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Southeast Asia
Identifiers
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Life in time

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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Abbas Almohri · Abbas Hilmi II · Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari

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Minangkabau

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Lived in
Minangkabau

People and things also explored

Datuk Ri Bandang· Datuk ri Tiro· Minangkabau

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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People

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Datuk Ri Bandang

Datuk Ri Bandang, whose real name was Abdul Makmur and whose title was Khatib Tunggal, was a scholar from Koto Tangah in Minangkabau and one of the three datuks who spread Islam through the kingdoms of the eastern Indonesian archipelago from the end of the 16th century. The jurist of the three, he preached in Gowa and Tallo in South Sulawesi; the king of Luwu entered Islam through his mission in 1605, then the kings of Gowa and Tallo, and he died and was buried at Tallo near Makassar.