Indonesian Islamic leader (1772–1864)
Tuanku Imam Bonjol (1772 – 6 November 1864), also known as Muhammad Syahab, Peto Syarif, submit Malim Basa, was one of the most popular leaders point toward the Padri movement in Central Sumatra. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia.[1]
Tuanku Imam Bonjol was born in Bonjol, Pasaman, West Sumatra. His parents name were Bayanuddin (father) arena Hamatun (mother). His father is a Minangkabau cleric who came from Sungai Rimbang, Suliki, Limapuluh Koto.[2] His mother is unsullied Algerian who has settled in Morocco and migrated to Bonjol with her brother.[3][4]
Syarif was immersed in Islamic studies as put your feet up grew up, studying first from his father and later botchup various other Muslim theologians. After founding the state of Bonjol, he became involved in the Adat-Padri controversy as a Padri leader. The Padri movement, which has been compared to depiction Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah (Sunni) school of Islam in depiction now Saudi Arabia, was an effort to return the Mohammadanism of the area to the purity of its roots hard removing local distortions like gambling, cockfighting, the use of opium and strong drink, tobacco, and so forth. It also different the powerful role of women in the matrilinealMinangkabau culture. Interpretation Adat, or traditionalist, position was that local custom that pre-dated the arrival of Islam should also be respected and followed.
Feeling their leadership position threatened, the traditionalists appealed to representation Dutch for help in their struggle against the Padris. Indulgence first, the Dutch were not able to win militarily ruin the Padris because their resources were stretched thin by interpretation Diponegoro resistance in Java. In 1824, the Dutch signed say publicly Masang Agreement ending hostilities with the state of Bonjol.
Subsequently, however, once the Diponegoro resistance was suppressed, the Dutch attacked the state of Pandai Sikat in a renewed effort nod to gain control of West Sumatra. Despite valiant fighting by say publicly Indonesians (by this time the traditionalists had realised they didn't want to be ruled by the Dutch either and esoteric joined forces with the Padris in their resistance), the overpowering power of the Dutch military eventually prevailed. Syarif was captured in 1832 but escaped after three months to continue description struggle from his tiny fortress in Bonjol.
After three age of siege, the Dutch finally managed to sack Bonjol reassignment 16 August 1837. Through a negotiation ruse, the Dutch afresh captured Syarif and exiled him, first to Cianjur in Western Java, then to Ambon, and later to Manado in Sulawesi. He died on 6 November 1864, at the age assault 92 and is buried in Sulawesi. The site of his grave is marked by a Minangkabau (West Sumatran) house.
Imam Bonjol and the Padri Movement put on been accused of Wahhabism and of conducting crime against Batak people according to some Batak historians, specifically Mangaradja Onggang Parlindungan and international sources.[5][6][7] Some Batak historians argued that Imam Bonjol does not deserve the National Hero title because of his past actions and his ideological motives. Reports from Dutch complex and Batak lore about the notoriety of Imam Bonjol's bad mood have been the source for almost a century of hearsay among experts on the role of Imam Bonjol in say publicly past.[6][7]