Wikipedia's first sentence called it “raden maulana makdum ibrahim”. Today it says “one of the nine wali songo”.
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Sunan Bonang (born Raden Makdum Ibrahim) was one of the nine Wali Songo (lit. "Nine Saints "), along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat who are said to have established Islam as the dominant religion amongst the Javanese , Indonesia's largest ethnic group. He was a descendant of the Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. However, another source stated that he was a son of Sunan Ampel and female noble, Nyai Ageng Manila. After becoming a prominent ulama , he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam . He is known as teacher of Raden Patah , ruler of Demak Sultanate . According to the manuscript of Het boek van Bonang , which is also known as Lontar Ferrara , Bep Schrieke has recorded that some views from Sunan Bonang that criticize forms of Bid'ah (Heresy) and favor orthodoxy of Islamic teaching. Sayyid Makdum Ibrahim ( Sunan Bonang ) Tuban 5. Said ( Sunan Muria ) Gunung Muria 6. Sahid ( Sunan Kalijogo ) Kadilangu , Demak 8. Fatah ( Sultan Demak ) -Demak "Berdakwah dengan Tembang 'Tombo Ati' " . History of Islam in Indonesia Unity in Diversity . Misteri Syekh Siti Jenar peran wali songo dalam mengislamkan tanah Jawa (Paperback) (in Indonesian). Kropak Ferrara yang terdiri atas 23 lembar rontal itu merekam sebuah sarasehan Walisongo , dan di ... Kerono siro iki apoposihono sami - sami niro Islam lan mitroniro kan isih ing siro lan anjegoho siro ing dholalah lan bid'ah ... Mantan kiai NU menggugat tahlilan, istighosahan, dan ziarah para wali Muktamar NU ke-1 di Surabaya, tanggal 13 Rabi'us Tsani 1345 H/21 Oktober 1926 M, menyatakan bahwa selamatan setelah kematian adalah bid'ah yang hina! Karena kalian semua sama-sama mualaf dalam Islam, maka hendaklah kalian saling mencintai saudaramu yang mencintaimu. kalian semua harus mencegah kesalahan dan bid'ah."
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Sunan Bonang, whose real name was Raden Maulana Makdum Ibrahim, was born in Tuban , East Java in 1465 CE and died in 1525 CE at Pulau Bawean . He was one of the Wali Songo , along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat . He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. . After becoming a prominent ulama , he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam. He achieved it through art. He changed traditional Javanese songs, which had been heavily influenced by Hindu philosophy, and incorporated Islamic thought. He also employed gamelan as medium of Islamic learning. One of his teachings is Tombo Ati , which literally mean 'Cures of the Heart.' "Berdakwah dengan Tembang 'Tombo Ati' " .
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Sunan Bonang (born Raden Maulana Makdum Ibrahim in Tuban , East Java , in 1465 CE; died in 1525 CE at Pulau Bawean ) was one of the Wali Songo , along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat .Bonang is a village in Rembang Regency .The name Sunan Bonang maybe is Bong Ang , as his surname Bong like his father name Bong Swi Hoo alias Sunan Ampel.Sunan Bonang is buried in Bonang Village, but the most pilgrimage grave is in Tuban City.There are two location of Sunan Bonang graves.Because many people say, when he died, the news of his death heard by his student from Madura .The student who admired him want to carry his body to Madura.But he can't, then he just brought his shrouds and clothes.When he pass Tuban, he met another Sunan Bonang's student from Tuban who heard that there are Sunan Bonang's student from Madura carried Sunan Bonang's body to Madura. He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. After becoming a prominent ulama , he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam . He achieved it through art. He changed traditional Javanese songs, which had been heavily influenced by Hindu philosophy, and incorporated Islamic thought. He also employed gamelan as medium of Islamic learning. One of his teachings is Tombo Ati , which literally mean "Cures of the Heart".
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Sunan Bonang (born Raden Maulana Makdum Ibrahim in Tuban , East Java , in 1465 CE; died in 1525 CE at Pulau Bawean ) was one of the Wali Songo , along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat . Bonang is a village in Rembang Regency . The name Sunan Bonang maybe is Bong Ang , as his surname Bong like his father name Bong Swi Hoo alias Sunan Ampel. Sunan Bonang is buried in Bonang Village, but the most pilgrimage grave is in Tuban City. There are two location of Sunan Bonang graves. Because many people say, when he died, the news of his death heard by his student from Madura . The student who admired him want to carry his body to Madura. But he can't, then he just brought his shrouds and clothes. When he pass Tuban, he met another Sunan Bonang's student from Tuban who heard that there are Sunan Bonang's student from Madura carried Sunan Bonang's body to Madura. He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. After becoming a prominent ulama , he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam . He achieved it through art. He changed traditional Javanese songs, which had been heavily influenced by Hindu philosophy, and incorporated Islamic thought. He also employed gamelan as medium of Islamic learning. One of his teachings is Tombo Ati , which literally mean "Cures of the Heart".
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One of nine Islamic saints in Java Sunan Bonang (born Raden Makdum Ibrahim in Tuban , East Java , in 1465 CE; died in 1525 CE at Pulau Bawean ) was one of the Wali Songo , along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Drajat . Bonang is a village in Rembang Regency . Sunan Bonang is buried in Bonang Village, but the most pilgrimage grave is in Tuban City. There are two location of Sunan Bonang graves. Because many people say , when he died, the news of his death heard by his student from Madura . The student who admired him want to carry his body to Madura. But he can't, then he just brought his shrouds and clothes. When he pass Tuban, he met another Sunan Bonang's student from Tuban who heard that there are Sunan Bonang's student from Madura carried Sunan Bonang's body to Madura. He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. After becoming a prominent ulama , he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam . He achieved it through art. He changed traditional Javanese songs, which had been heavily influenced by Hindu philosophy, and incorporated Islamic thought. He also employed gamelan as medium of Islamic learning. One of his teachings is Tombo Ati , which literally mean "Cures of the Heart".
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raden maulana makdum ibrahim
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