Sunan Kudus (born Ja'far Shadiq; 1500-1550), founder of
Kudus, is considered to be one of the
Wali Sanga
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of
Java
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,
Indonesia
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.
He is said to have originated the
wayang golek
''Wayang golek'' ( Sundanese: ) is one of the traditional Sundanese puppet arts from West Java, Indonesia. in contrast to the wayang art on other area of Java island that use leather in the production of wayang, wayang golek is a wayang art m ...
,
Wali Songo: The Nine Walis
/ref> and founded the masjid
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at Kudus using (it is said) the doors from the palace of Majapahit.
History
He was born Ja'far ash-Shadiq, the son of Sunan Ngudung and Syarifah (sibling of Sunan Bonang), thus the grandson of Sunan Ampel. It is said that he was the son of an Egyptian sultan
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who had migrated to Java. In the Sultanate of Demak
The Demak Sultanate (کسلطانن دمق) was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak. A port fief to the Hindu-Buddhist Majapahit kingdom thought to have been found ...
, he was appointed commander of the army. He went forth with Sultan Prawata, battling against Adipati Jipang and Arya Penangsang.
See also
*Islam in Indonesia
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia, with 86.7% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslim in a 2018 survey. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country, with approximately 231 million adherents.
In t ...
*The spread of Islam in Indonesia (1200 to 1600)
The history of the arrival of Islam in Indonesia is somewhat unclear. One theory states that Islam arrived directly from Arabia as early as the 9th century, during the time of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Another theory credits Sufi trav ...
*Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, ( ar, علي العريضي بن جعفر الصادق, translit=ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq) better known simply as Ali al-Uraydi, was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Isma'il, M ...
References
Sources
*Sunyoto, Agus (2014). ''Atlas Wali Songo: Buku Pertama yang Mengungkap Wali Songo Sebagai Fakta Sejarah''. 6th edition. Depok: Pustaka IIMaN;
Wali Sanga
1550 deaths
Year of birth unknown
1500 births
City founders
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