Page 37 - Flipbook Dyah Iswarini

36 37

Tabek Patah that reads, “Adat
basandi syarak, syarak basandi
kitabullah” (the customary law
is based on the religion, and the
religion is based on the Quran). 3

Tuanku Imam Bonjol was captured
by the Dutch in 1837 under a false
invitation for a truce negotiation. He © Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen. Coll.no. TM-3728-312
was then transported to Bukittinggi
and Padang, before he was exiled
for 27 years to Cirebon, Ambon, and
Manado. He died when he was 93
years old. He was awarded the title
of national hero on 6 November
1973 for his effort in uniting
the Minang to resist the Dutch Sketsa Imam Bonjol oleh
De Steurs ca. 1826.
occupation in West Sumatra. 4
Sketch of Imam Bonjol by
The 1947 painting by Sudjojono and De Steurs ca. 1826.
Sumadidjaja’s rendition of Tuanku
Imam Bonjol from 1951 are the two
portraits depicting the heroes of the
Padri War that are in the collection
of the Presidential Palace.

¹ F Ruspandi, Perang Padri (Depok: Be
Champion, 2011), hal. 6
² Iswara Raditya, “Hubert de Stuers,
Komandan Belanda Pengagum Imam
Bonjol”, Tirto.id, Jumat 13 April 2018. Harijadi Sumadidjaja
https://tirto.id/hubert-de-stuers-
komandan-belanda-pengagum-imam- Imam Bonjol
bonjol-cHGc. 1951
³ Joko Darmawan, Sejarah Nasional cat minyak pada kanvas | oil on canvas
“Ketika Nusantara Berbicara” 120 x 90,5 cm
(Yogyakarta: Deepublish, 2017), hal.
58.
⁴ “Daftar Nama Pahlawan Nasional”,
K2KS Kementerian Sosial Republik
Indonesia, Jumat 13 April 2018. http://
k2ks.kemsos.go.id/wp-content/
uploads/2015/01/Daftar-Nama-
Pahlawan-Nasional.pdf.