HAJI Abdul Karim, Haji Tubagus Ismail, Haji Wasid, Haji Marjuki. On July 9, 1888, the Islamic Kadiriyah clerics led Banten’s peasants to assault the Dutch officials’ posts in Cilegon. The dissertation was written 41 years ago, yet should we read it today it would still be capable of stirring our imagination.

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