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Gowa and Tallo embrace Islam

1014 AH · 1605 CE

Gowa (Makassar) غوا

In 1605 the ruler of Tallo and then the king of Gowa in south Sulawesi embraced Islam through Datuk ri Bandang, a preacher from Minangkabau. Gowa-Tallo, the rising power of Makassar, became a Muslim sultanate and spread Islam among the Bugis kingdoms of the region.

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Sources

  • M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200 (4th ed., 2008)
  • Anthony Reid, Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450–1680 (1988–1993)
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.