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Saints and Tombs of Agam

4 sourced records · 0 verified locations

The atlas holds 4 sourced records for Agam; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 4 Scholar.

Records in Agam

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Syekh Sulaiman ar-Rasuli (Inyiak Canduang)

Syekh Sulaiman ar-Rasuli, known as "Inyiak Canduang," was a traditionalist (Kaum Tua) Shafi'i scholar born in Agam, West Sumatra, in 1871. In 1928 he co-founded the Persatuan Tarbiyah Islamiyah (Perti) and established the Madrasah Tarbiyah Islamiyah (MTI) at Candung. He authored works on jurisprudence, theology, Sufism and Minangkabau custom, including Aqwal al-Mardiyyah. He died in 1970 and is buried within the MTI Canduang complex, a site of pilgrimage.

AgamDied 1390 AHView

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Tuanku Nan Tuo

Tuanku Nan Tuo (c. 1723–1830) was a leading scholar and teacher of the Minangkabau ulama, based at Cangking in Ampek Angkek, Agam. He trained many prominent students, including Tuanku Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Nan Renceh, and championed a peaceful, gradualist approach to Islamic reform. During the Padri War his surau was attacked and burned by radical factions, marking him as a scholar-teacher rather than a combatant. His grave at Cangking is a site of visitation.

AgamDied 1830View

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Syekh Ibrahim Musa Parabek (Inyiak Parabek)

Syekh Ibrahim Musa Parabek ("Inyiak Parabek," 1884–1963) was a reformist scholar and expert in comparative jurisprudence, born at Parabek near Bukittinggi. He studied in Mecca under Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi, and on returning founded the Sumatera Thawalib Parabek madrasa, becoming a pioneer of modern Islamic education. He died on 25 July 1963 and is buried in front of the Jami' Parabek mosque, a visited pilgrimage site.

AgamDied 1383 AHView

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Syekh Abdul Karim Amrullah (Haji Rasul)

Syekh Dr. Abdul Karim Amrullah (Haji Rasul / "Inyiak DR," 1879–1945), born in Maninjau, Agam, was a reformist (Kaum Muda) scholar and the father of Buya Hamka. He founded Sumatera Thawalib and in 1926 received an honorary doctorate from Al-Azhar. He died in Jakarta in 1945; his remains were later moved to his home village of Sungai Batang, Maninjau, where his tomb, now with an attached library, is a visited site.

AgamDied 1945View