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A Baghdad-born sayyid and Sufi shaykh, by tradition a descendant of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani; 'Sultan al-Ariffin' is a Sufi honorific, not a political title. Tradition holds he received an instruction in Medina to spread Islam to the Malay world and sailed with about 16 companions, arriving at Pulau Besar in 1495 and making it an early Nusantara center of Islamic teaching. The Wali Songo figures Sunan Bonang and Sunan Giri are said to have studied there; his makam is an active ziarah site. He died around 925 AH / 1519 CE (the Gregorian year is disputed between 1517 and 1520). (Sources: en.wikipedia.org 'Big Island, Malaysia'; sejarahpulaubesarmelaka records)
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