Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie

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Syarif Abdur Rahman al-Qadri (23 October 1771 (14 Rajab 1185 H) – ?) was the founding father and the first Sultan of Pontianak, Indonesia.

Syarif Abdur Rahman al-Qadri was a Ba 'Alawi Sayyid and his lineage is recorded as follows: He is Abdur Rahman bin Husayn, bin Ahmad, bin Husayn, bin Muhammad al-Qadri, bin Salim, bin Abdullah, bin Muhammad, bin Salim, bin Ahmad, bin Abd al-Rahman, bin Ali, bin Muhammad Jamal al-Layl, bin Hasan, bin Muhammad Asadullah, bin Hasan al-Turabi, bin Ali, bin Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam, bin Ali, bin Muhammad Sahib al-Mirbat, bin Ali Khali Qasam, bin Alawi al-Tsani, bin Muhammad Sahib al-Ṣawma'ah, bin Alawi al-Awwal, bin Ubaydullah, bin Ahmad al-Muhajir, bin Isa al-Rumi, bin Muhammad al-Naqib, bin Ali al-Urayḍi, bin Ja'far al-Sadiq, bin Muhammad al-Baqir, bin Ali Zayn al-Abidin, bin Husayn, bin Ali bin Abi Talib and Fatimah al-Zahra, the daughter of Muhammad.

Syarif Abdur Rahman al-Qadri went from Mempawah to build new settlements, in the present city of Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province. Pontianak city was occupied as a place of settlement on 11 December 1771(4 Ramadhan 1185 H). Syarif Abdur Rahman al-Qadri inaugurated as king of Pontianak on 1 September 1778 (8 Syaban 1192 H). Delegates from the Dutch government of Batavia came to Pontianak in 1780, named asked Sultan Syarif Abdur Rahman to inhabit the country of Pontianak.

Sultan Syarif Abdur Rahman al-Qadri died on Friday evening, at 11.00, on 28 February 1808 (1st Muharram 1223 H).


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