Sunan Sitijenar

Sunan Sitijenar

Sunan Sitijenar is, according to the "Babad Tanah Jawi" ("History of the land of Java") manuscripts, one of the "Wali Sanga" ("Nine Saints") to whom Indonesian legend attributes the establishment of Islam amongst the Javanese, Indonesia's largest ethnic group.

ee also

*Islam in Indonesia
*The spread of Islam in Indonesia

References

*cite book | last =Ricklefs | first =M.C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1300, 2nd Edition | publisher =MacMillan | date =1991 | location =London | pages =pp.9-10 | url = | doi = | id = ISBN 0-333-57689-6


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