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Seventeenth century Indonesian soldier
Raden Aria Wangsakara
(
c.
1615 ?
c.
1681) was a seventeenth century local chief,
muslim
cleric and patriot originated from
Sumedang
, who is generally credited as one of the founders of
Tangerang
, a city in
Indonesia
which is now within the
Jakarta
metropolitan area.
[1]
[2]
In November 2021 he was declared as a
national hero
by president
Joko Widodo
.
[3]
[4]
Biography
[
edit
]
The exact biography of Aria Wangsakara is difficult in certainty due to contradictory accounts appear in different texts, and lack of concrete evidences.
[2]
He appears in several traditional texts including the
Babad Tangerang
and
Babad Banten
.
[3]
In those texts he is said to have been born around 1615 in Sumedang, as a son of Wiraraja I, and grandson of King Kusumadinata II (Geusan Ulun) and Queen Harisbaya. He is also a descendant of Syarif Abdulrohman of Cirebon.
[1]
[2]
[5]
The traditional narrative mentioned, as the
Dutch East India Company
influence grew in the region, Aria Wangsakara objected to his family's collaboration with the company and left Sumedang with two relatives in 1632, Aria Santika and Aria Yuda Negara. They went to a region on the banks of the
Cisadane River
, known today as Tangerang, where he was granted a authorization to protect the region by Sultan Abu al-Mafakhir of
Banten
.
[3]
He founded a new settlement there called the Lengkong Sumedang Sultanate on the west bank of Cisadane River with himself became the local chief under the name of Sultan Lengkong. While he ruled there he is said to help the spread of
Islam
in the surrounding region, by founding a
pesantren
in the 1640s.
[3]
In the early 1650s the Dutch East India Company built a fort on the opposite bank of his settlement to establish a presence in the region.
[1]
Wangsakara is thought to have died in 1681 and buried in
Pagedangan
.
[6]
Legacy
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]
Due to his status as the legendary founder of Tangerang, a major street in the city is named after him, (
Jalan Arya Wangsakara
). His tomb (
Makan Pahlawan R. Aria Wangsakara
), which is also surrounded by the tombs of other clerics from the region, was also turned into an official historical site by the
Tangerang Regency
and has long been visited regularly by pilgrims.
[7]
Many residents of Banten also claim descent from him, including a number of
Ulama
who claim descent from him and his original group of followers.
[8]
[9]
In November 2021, along with
Tombolotutu
,
Aji Muhammad Idris
, and
Usmar Ismail
, he was declared a
National Hero of Indonesia
by Indonesian president
Joko Widodo
.
[3]
References
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]
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a
b
c
Wiguna, Bangkit Adhi (1 November 2021). Muhtarom, Iqbal (ed.).
"Sosok Raden Aria Wangsakara, Pendiri Tangerang yang Akan Jadi Pahlawan Nasional"
.
Tempo
(in Indonesian).
- ^
a
b
c
Uka, Tjandrasasmita (2009).
Arkeologi Islam Nusantara
(in Indonesian) (1st ed.). Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia bekerja sama dengan Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient dan Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora UIN Syarif Hidayatullah. pp. 121?129.
ISBN
978-979-9102-12-6
.
OCLC
496610175
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
Yahya, Achmad Nasrudin (29 October 2021). Galih, Bayu (ed.).
"Profil Raden Aria Wangsakara, Ulama dan Pendiri Tangerang yang Akan Jadi Pahlawan Nasional Halaman all"
.
Kompas
(in Indonesian)
. Retrieved
3 November
2021
.
- ^
Hakim, Syaiful; Ihsan, Nabil (28 October 2021).
"Four figures to be named National Hero on Heroes Day"
.
Antara News
. Retrieved
2023-03-21
.
- ^
M, Apipudin S. (2010).
Penyebaran Islam Di Daerah Galuh Sampai Dengan Abad Ke-17
(in Indonesian). Badan Litbang dan Diklat, Kementerian Agama RI.
ISBN
978-979-797-302-5
.
- ^
"Raden Aria Wangsakara, Ulama Pendiri Tangerang | Republika ID"
.
republika.id
. Retrieved
2023-11-16
.
- ^
"Raden Aria Wangsakara, Penyebar Agama dan Tokoh Perjuangan di Tangerang"
.
berita banten
(in Indonesian). 5 March 2021. Archived from
the original
on 5 November 2021
. Retrieved
5 November
2021
.
- ^
Nurmansyah, Rizki; Hikmatullah, Wivy (1 May 2021).
"Masjid Al-Muttaqin Tangerang, Saksi Perjuangan Dakwah Raden Aria Wangsakara"
.
suara.com
(in Indonesian).
- ^
"Diberi Gelar Raden oleh Keturunan Aria Wangsakara, Wahidin Halim Akan Kembalikan Kejayaan Banten"
.
Pelita Banten
(in Indonesian). Banten. 22 December 2016.
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