- Kudus Regency
:"This article refers to the regency in
Indonesia , for the city in Middle East, seeAl-Quds "Kudus is a regency ( _id. kabupaten) in
Central Java province inIndonesia . Its capital is Kudus, located in the east ofSemarang , capital of Central Java.History
The city of Kudus was something of an important Islamic holy city in the sixteenth century. It is the only place in Java that has permanently acquired an Arabic name ('al-Quds', Jerusalem).
Sunan Kudus , one of the nine "Wali Sanga ", was said to have been the fifth "imam" (head) of the mosque ofDemak and a major leader of the 1527 campaign against 'Majapahit', before moving to Kudus. The Mosque of Kudus ("Masjid Menara") which dates from this period, remains a local landmark to this day. It is notable for both its perseverance of pre-Islamic architectural forms such as Old Javanese split doorways and Hindu-Buddhist influenced Majapahit-style brickwork, [Schoppert, P., Damais, S., "Java Style", 1997, Didier Millet, Paris, 207 pages, ISBN 962-593-232-1] and for its name "al-Manar" or "al-Aqsa". The date AH 956 (AD 1549) is inscribed over the "mihrab " (nice indicating the direction ofMecca ).cite book | last =Ricklefs | first =M.C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1300, 2nd Edition | publisher =MacMillan | year =1991 | location =London | pages =p.38 | url = | doi = | id = ISBN 0-333-57689-6]Contemporary Kudus
Most residents of Kudus are Javanese although there is an
Indonesian Chinese minority in the city centre, as well as an Arab neighbourhood, Kudus Kulon, to the west of the city centre.The city is considered the "birthplace" of the "
kretek "clove cigarette, which is by far the most widely-smoked form oftobacco in the country. Haji Jamahri, a resident of the city, invented them in the 1880s, and the city remains a major centre for their manufacture.A festival named
Dandangan is held for about one week before Ramadhan, Muslim's fasting month in Kudus Kulon.ee also
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Sunan Kudus References
External links
* [http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=7489 Minaret at Kudus] - ArchNet.org
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