Who rests here
Saints · died 1111 AH · Gowa
Indonesian scholar and Sufi; founder of the Yusufiyya branch of the Khalwatiyya in South Sulawesi, leader of the resistance against the Dutch in Banten, and regarded as the first true founder of Islam in South Africa, where he was exiled.
Full biography of Shaykh Yusuf al-Makassari →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Gowa
Coordinates: -5.19690, 119.46310
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- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
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