Saleh Darat : Muhammad Sâlih b. `Umar al-Samarânî)

Abstract

SALEH DARAT (Muhammad Sâlih b. `Umar al-Samarânî) [Indonesia; Jepara ca.1820 - Semarang 1903] [Dictionnaire biographique des savants et grandes figures du monde musulman périphérique, du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Fasc. no 2. Paris: CNRS-EHESS, 1998, p. 25-26] Saleh was born in Jepara, where his father Umar was a religious scholar. According to local oral tradition, Kyai Umar was one of the `ulama who, together with the more famous Kyai Maja, supported Diponegoro in his uprising against the Dutch. After Diponegoro's defeat, Kyai Umar took his son Saleh to Singapore; from there they went on to Mecca, where Saleh stayed several years studying. He was called back to Java by Kyai Murtadlo (Murtazâ), a companion of his father in the Diponegoro rebellion, who made him his son-in-law.