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younger brother was dispatched to go to Brawijaya went to investigate the truth became the subjects of Demak. Then the Hindu-Buddhist kings through Islamic
his elder brother in Bintara to demand of the report and he was shocked to the saints held a meeting and decided Demak and subsequently Mataram. The
an explanation for why he had not come see that Raden Patah was already to build a mosque in Demak for which Serat Centini uses the genealogical
to pay his respects to his father. Having sitting in the pavilion facing thousands the tasks were divided over all the saints sequence of the Javanese kings to
having arrived in Bintara, Adipati Terung of his soldiers who had gathered in after which they set out to work. When present a mythological explanation of
was told that religious restrictions did the town square. Brawijaya knew the time came to set up the main pillars ---and to solve--- the historical problems
not allow Muslims to serve a pagan king. that he was not going to survive a of the mosque, Sunan Kalijaga had of the changes that took place along the
It was predestined that Bintara would battle and so he and the entire royal not yet made his pillar because he was Islamization process. This is particularly
become a kingdom, and the beginning of family and the leaders of the palace meditating in Pamantingan. When Sunan significant for the Javanese who
Javanese Muslim rule. left. Simultaneously, a large star-like Kalijaga arrived in Demak, the mosque stress the continuity of the old culture.
Adipati Terung understood his object emerged from the palace, was almost finished but for the one pillar Therefore, what appears in the text as
brother’s position, but he lacked bright like lightning and with a loud that had yet to be made. Sunan Kalijaga later developments is to be accepted as
the courage to return to King bang it fell down on Bintara. rushed to collect the wooden leftovers “historical facts”.
Brawijaya without bringing Raden Adipati Bintara entered the palace. He from the production of the other pillars Furthermore, this Islamization process
Patah along. A large meeting was gasped and wept because he found and he secured them together so that the is also recorded in the Hikayat Banjar
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held in preparation for the attack on nobody inside. He then returned with his last pillar was also ready and could be put in which is told that when King Tunggal
Majapahit, for which many rulers guards and his troops to Bintara. Arriving in place. In the morning, the mosque was Meteng of Majapahit, and his chief
arrived, like the regent of Madura, in Bintara, Sunan Ampel Denta said finished on the first day of Dulkangidah in governor Gajah Mada, controlled Java a
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Arya Teja, the regents of Cirebon and that Raden Patah had become the King 1428 of the Javanese year. number of kingdoms outside Java yielded
Surapringga, and the Pandita Priest of Majapahit as it was his inheritance. A similar discussion of the Islamization to his authority. Among Majapahit’s
of Giri who all arrived in Bintara with However, Sunan Giri said he would process of Java is also presented in the vassal kingdoms in that period were
their armies. The Muslim saints and act as king in the ancient palace of Javanese text, Serat Centini. The text Palembang, Jambi, Bugis, Makassar,
the Muslim citizens also assembled. Majapahit for only 40 days. He had put is often referred to as the “encyclopedia Johor, Patani, Pahang, Minangkabau,
When they were ready, they all set various spells on the palace in advance of Javanese culture” and contains Pasai, and others. After King Tunggal
out for Majapahit. Because the army so that nothing of the pagan kingdom much information on the early history Meteng and Gajah Mada had died, the
was so big, the people of Majapahit would remain. After 40 days, the palace of Islam in Java. Like the Babad Tanah king’s youngest son, Dipati Mahanguruk
did not dare to fight. The Bintara army was carried to Bintara where Raden Jawi, the Serat Centini emphasizes that and Mahurdara replaced them. This
entered the town square and Adipati Patah was crowned King of Demak the change in and the transition of the succession marked the beginning of
Bintara and the Adipati Terung sat on from where he ruled over the whole Javanese kingdoms came about through Majapahit’s decline.
a throne in the royal pavilion facing island of Java under the name Senopati an uninterrupted line of succession from
their armies. Gajah Mada warned Jimbun Ngabdur Rahman Panembahan In order to forge an alliance, the King of
King Brawijaya that the Bintara army Palembang Sayidin Panatagama. All the 16. Derived from the Babad Tanah Jawi translation Majapahit intended to marry the daughter
made by H.R. Sumarsono published by Narasi,
had arrived. After hearing this, King Javanese then embraced Islam and they Yogyakarta, 2007. 17. Ras, Hikajat Bandjar ... 1968.

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