Quinn, George (2010) The Graves of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Maqassari and Prince Dipanagara in Madura. Journal of Indonesian Islam.
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Introduction: The Multiple Burial Places of Sheikh Yusuf and Prince Dipanagara Sheikh Yusuf al-Maqassari (1627 – 1699) and Prince Dipanagara (1785 – 1855) occupy honoured places in the annals of Indonesian Islam. They are also revered in the mythic scaffolding of Indonesian nationalism. Although they lived long before the idea of “Indonesia” was conceived they are both official National Heroes (Pahlawan Nasional) of the Republic of Indonesia. Today Prince Dipanagara lies buried in a modest street side cemetery in the northern quarter of central Makassar, while Sheikh Yusuf rests in a picturesque mausoleum at Sungguminasa in the southern suburbs of the same city.1 The two burial places are busy centres of pilgrimage, visited by tens of thousands of fervent pilgrims – almost all of them Muslims – every year. But a number of people believe that Dipanagara and Yusuf lie in other graves – their “true” resting places. Just outside the north wall of the Asta Tinggi royal burial ground on the outskirts of Sumenep in eastern Madura lies what many believe to be the true grave of Prince Dipanagara. Some fifteen kilometres away on Poteran Island to the south east of Sumenep lies the grave of one “Sayyid Yusuf”, a site thought by many to be the true grave of Sheikh Yusuf al-Maqassari.2 The existence of these alternative graves, with their alternative origin stories, raises several interesting questions about the connection between sites of religious importance and the construction of local identity and history.
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| Depositing User: | Administrator Khazanah |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2020 03:42 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2020 03:42 |
| URI: | http://repository.iainmadura.ac.id/id/eprint/175 |
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