Karaeng Matoaya

Karaeng Matoaya (1573–1636) was the ruler of Tallo and the bicara-butta (first minister) of Gowa from 1593 until his death. He gained power after overthrowing , and transformed Makassar into one of the main trading centre in Eastern Indonesia.^[1] He converted to Islam around 1605, adopted an Islamic name "Abdullah Awwal al-Islam" and the Islamization of Gowa and Tallo subsequently happened under his influence.^[2]

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^ Reid 1981, p. 1.
^ Reid 1981, p. 15.

Bibliography[]

Reid, Anthony (1981). "A Great Seventeenth-Century Indonesian Family: Matoaya and Pattingalloang of Makassar". Masyarakat Indonesia. 8 (1): 1–28. ISSN 0125-9989.

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[FOOTNOTEReid19811-1] Reid 1981, p. 1.

[FOOTNOTEReid198115-2] Reid 1981, p. 15.

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