Sunan Bonang, whose real name was Raden Maulana Makdum Ibrahim, was born in Tuban

Tuban

Tuban is a town located on the north coast of Java, in Tuban Regency, approximately 100 km west of Surabaya, the capital of East Java. Tuban is surrounded by Lamongan in the east, Bojonegoro in the south and Rembang, Central Java in the west....

, East Java

East Java

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 in 1465 CE and died in 1525 CE at Pulau Bawean.

He was one of the Wali Songo, along with his father Sunan Ampel

Sunan Ampel

Sunan Ampel was one of Wali Songo, who spread Islam in Java. He can be considered a focal point of the wali songo, because several of them were descended from him and/or studied with him....

 and his brother Sunan Drajat

Sunan Drajat

Sunan Drajat was born in 1470 CE. He was one of the Wali Songo, along with his father Sunan Ampel and his brother Sunan Bonang.He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese captain named Gan Eng Cu. ....

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He was a descendant of Majapahit nobility in Tuban and a Chinese

Chinese people

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 captain named Gan Eng Cu. . After becoming a prominent ulama

Ulama

-In Islam:* Ulema, also transliterated "ulama", a community of legal scholars of Islam and its laws . See:**Nahdlatul Ulama **Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama **Jamiatul Ulama Transvaal**Jamiat ul-Ulama -Other:...

, he tried to make ordinary Javanese familiar with Islam. He achieved it through art.

He changed traditional Javanese songs, which had been heavily influenced by Hindu

Hinduism

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 philosophy, and incorporated Islamic thought. He also employed gamelan

Gamelan

A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings. Vocalists may also be included....

 as medium of Islamic learning. One of his teachings is Tombo Ati

Tombo Ati

Tombo Ati is a traditional Javanese song composed by Sunan Bonang, one of Wali Sanga . This song is based one of famous hadith of prophet Muhammad...

, which literally mean 'Cures of the Heart.'

See also

• Islam in Indonesia
  Islam in Indonesia
  Islam is the dominant religion in Indonesia, which also has a larger Muslim population than any other country in the world, with approximately 202.9 million identified as Muslim as of 2009....
  
  
• The spread of Islam in Indonesia (1200 to 1600)
  The spread of Islam in Indonesia (1200 to 1600)
  Islam was brought into Indonesia by traders from Gujarat, India during the eleventh century, although Muslims had visited the archipelago early in the Muslim era. By the end of the 16th century, Islam, through conversion, had surpassed Hinduism and Buddhism as the dominant religion of the peoples...
  
  
• Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
  Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
  Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq, better known simply as Ali al-Uraidhi, was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Musa al-Kadhim, Isma'il, Abdullah al-Aftah, and Muhammad Al-Dibaj. He was known by the title al-Uraidhi, because he lived in an area called Uraidh, about 4 miles from...