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Tomb of Sunan Gunung Jati

Who rests here

Saints · died 976 AH · Cirebon

The only Walisongo member who was both saint and state-founder, establishing the sultanates of Cirebon and Banten and consolidating Islam in West Java through political power. He linked maternally to the Pajajaran line and paternally to an Arab (Hadhrami) lineage. He died c. 976/1568; his tomb is at Gunung Sembung.

Full biography of Sunan Gunung Jati (Sharif Hidayatullah) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Cirebon

Coordinates: -6.67890, 108.55360

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000310 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.