Saint · died 1111 AH · Gowa
A great scholar and Khalwati-Haddadi Sufi from South Sulawesi (Gowa) who studied in Mecca, Yemen and Damascus, led the Banten resistance, and was exiled by the Dutch to Ceylon and then the Cape of South Africa, where he is regarded as a founder of Islam. He is a national hero of both Indonesia and South Africa.
Full biography of Shaykh Yusuf al-Makassari â(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
Located in: Gowa
Coordinates: -5.19690, 119.46310
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