Ampel Mosque ( Indonesian : Masjid Ampel ; Arabic : مسجد امبل ; Javanese : ꦩꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦲꦩ꧀ꦥꦺꦭ꧀ ) is an ancient mosque located in the Ampel sub-district, district Semampir, Surabaya , East Java . The oldest mosque in East Java was built in 1421 CE by Sunan Ampel where his tomb complex is located within the area.
5-400: The mosque, which is currently one of the religious attractions in the city of Surabaya, is surrounded by buildings with Chinese and Arab architecture. In the left side of the mosque, there is a well that is believed to be the auspicious well, typically used by those who believe to strengthen a pledge or oath. The tomb complex built with a walled courtyard and gateways. The structures led up to
10-577: The grave of Sunan Ampel . Panataran , dedicated to Siva of the mountain, comprises a sequence of three walled compounds called Jeroan , Jaba Tengah (with the ancillary temple or Perwara ) and Jaba (the last and the highest, containing the main shrine). This article about a mosque or other Islamic place of worship in Indonesia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sunan Ampel Sunan Ampel (born Raden Ahmad Rahmatullah or Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah ; 1401–1481)
15-446: The time of Zheng He . It was also common for a Muslim man to marry a local woman when settling far from his country of origin. Sunan Ampel married Nyi Gede Manila, the daughter of a Chinese captain at Tuban named Gan Eng Cu. This marriage produced several children: sons Sunan Bonang and Sunan Drajat became wali songo; daughter Syarifah became the wife of Sunan Ngudung and the mother of Sunan Kudus ; and another daughter became
20-862: Was a princess of the Champa Kingdom. Sunan Ampel was born in Champa, in present-day central Vietnam, in 1401 CE. Sunan Ampel came to Java in 1443 CE, possibly to visit his aunt Dwarawati, a princess of Champa who was married to Kertawijaya , the king of Majapahit . A long lineage indicates that Sunan Ampel was a descendant of Muhammad , a Prophet in the Islamic religion who was born in Mecca. However, another theory claims that Sunan Ampel had Chinese ancestry and identifies him as Bong Swi Hoo. The two theories are not mutually exclusive, because Muslims from China interacted extensively with Southeast Asia during
25-517: Was one the nine revered Javanese Muslim saints, or Wali Songo , credited with the spread of Islam in Java . According to local history, around Demak the mosque of Demak Masjid Agung Demak was built by Sunan Ampel in 1479 CE, but other sources attributed the construction of the mosque to Sunan Kalijaga . The father of Sunan Ampel was Maulana Malik Ibrahim also known as Ibrahim as-Samarkandy ("Ibrahim Asmarakandi" to Javanese pronunciation). His mother
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