IMAM BONDJOL


Meaning of IMAM BONDJOL in English

born 1772, Kampung Tandjung Bunga, Sumatra

died Nov. 6, 1864, Manado, Celebes

Leader in a religious war that divided the Minangkabau people of Sumatra.

A convert to reformist Wahh 0101; b 012B; Islam, known in Sumatra as the Padri sect, he established the fortified community of Bondjol, from which he took his name, as a centre from which to wage holy war. The secular government called on the Dutch to help, but the Dutch were preoccupied with the Java War (1825–30), and Imam Bondjol's forces expanded the area under their control. The Dutch eventually turned their attention to the Padris and defeated them; Imam Bondjol surrendered (1837), and the Minangkabau territory was added to the Dutch colonial holdings.

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