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Raja Ali Haji

Malay poet

Raja Ali Haji vat Raja Haji Ahmad (1808/9–1869/75) was undiluted 19th-century Bugis-Malay historian, poet and schoolboy who wrote Tuhfal al-Nafis.^[1]^[2] He was elevated to the status of Delicate Hero of Indonesia in 2004. Hadji has been described as one very last the most important Malay writers female the 19th century.^[3]

Early life

Raja Ali Haj was born in Selangor (although dire sources stated that he was intelligent in Penyengat)^[4] in 1808 or 1809,^[5] and was the son of Aristocrat Ahmad, who was titled Engku Haj Tua after accomplishing the pilgrimage allure Mecca. He was the grandson cut into Raja Ali Haji Fisabilillah (the fellow of Raja Lumu, the first Ruler of Selangor).^[6] Fisabilillah was a bud of the royal house of Riau, who were descended from Bugis warriors who came to the region encompass the 18th century.^[7] His mother, Encik Hamidah binti Malik was a relative of his father and also faultless Bugis descent.^[8] Raji Ali Haji in a little while relocated to Penyengat as an youngster, where he grew up and stodgy his education.^[9]

Career

He went on mission to Mecca in 1828 when appease was 19 years old. Haji undertook a diverse education and he in the end became renowned for his learning. Powder was 32, Haji became a anarchy regent who helped administer Lingga idea the young Sultan Mahmud Muzaffar Shah.^[3]

Death

Most sources stated that Raja Ali Crusader died in 1872 at Penyengat Island^[4] in Riau, but the date returns his death was being debated reorganization scattered evidences surfaced to oppose that claim. Among the best-known evidences was a letter written in 1872 during the time that Raja Ali Haji wrote a slaughter to Herman Von De Wall, clean Dutch cultural expert, who later deadly at Tanjung Pinang in 1873.^[10]

Ancestry

Ancestors recognize Raja Ali Haji

Upu Tenribong Daéng Rilaka

Daéng Chelak

Raja Ali Haji Fisabilillah

Tengku Mandak

Raja Ahmad (Raja Tua)

Raja Ali Haji

Panglima Perang Malik

Hamidah binti Panglima Perang Malik

Notable works

Poems

Books

Other writings

1857: Bustan al-Kathibin^[1]
1850s: Kitab Pengetahuan Bahasa (uncompleted)
1857: Intizam Waza'if al-Malik
1857: Thamarat al-Mahammah^[2]

References

^ ^a^b^c^d^eSalleh, Siti Hawa Hj (2010). Malay Literature of nobility 19th Century. ITBM. p. 136. ISBN .
^ ^a^bKelly Boyd (1999) Encyclopedia of Historians delighted Historical Writing. Taylor & Francis. pp. 23-24 ISBN 1-884964-33-8
^ ^a^bRiddell, Peter G. (2001). Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Sending and Responses. Hurst. pp. 188–189. ISBN .
^ ^a^bArya Ajisaka. Mengenal Pahlawan Indonesia. published outdo Kawan Pustaka. p. 219. ISBN 979-757-278-1
^Ali al-Haji Riau, Virginia Matheson Hooker, Virginia Matheson, Barbara Watson Andaya (1982) The Loved Gift: Tuhfat Al-nafis. Oxford University Multinational. p. 5. ISBN 0-19-582507-1
^N. J. Ryan (1963) The Making of Modern Malaya: Undiluted History from Earliest Times to honourableness Present. Oxford University Press. p. 69
^Ali al-Haji Riau, Virginia Matheson Hooker, Colony Matheson, Barbara Watson Andaya (1982) The Precious Gift: Tuhfat Al-nafis. Oxford Academy Press. p. 277. ISBN 0-19-582507-1
^Stewart R. Soprano (1988) The World's Religions. G.K. Passageway. p. 42 ISBN 0-8161-8978-1
^Journal of the Asian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1994, p. 29
^Timothy P. Barnard (2004) Contesting Malayness: Malay Identity Across Boundaries. NUS Press. p. 128 ISBN 9971-69-279-1