1. Raden Patah, known as Jin Bun was the first sultan of the Demak Sultanate.
16 Facts About Raden Patah
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Raden Patah took the title Panembahan Jimbun after legitimizing the Sultanate of Demak as the successor state to the Majapahit Empire, with the Wali Sanga appointing him the Sultan of Demak.
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The historian Merle Calvin Ricklefs distinguishes Raden Patah from a Muslim named Cek-ko-po, saying that Cek-ko-po was an outsider, most likely from China, who apparently founded the Sultanate of Demak and had a son who might have been named "Rodim", who the Portuguese referred to by that name.
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Raden Patah has many names, including Praba or Raden Bagus Kasan, who has the Chinese name Jin Bun.
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Raden Patah is called Senapati Jimbun or Panembahan Jimbun, has the title Sultan Syah Alam Akbar al-Fatah.
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Therefore, Raden Patah was born before Bhre Kertabhumi was governing the Majapahit Empire.
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Raden Kusen then served Majapahit, while Raden Patah moved to Central Java to open the Glagahwangi forest into a pesantren.
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Brawijaya in Majapahit was worried that Raden Patah intended to rebel.
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Raden Patah was appointed regent, while Glagahwangi was renamed Demak, with the capital being named Bintara.
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However, after the death of Sunan Ampel, Raden Patah continued to attack Majapahit.
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Whether Raden Patah ever attacked Majapahit or not, he is said to be the first king of the Sultanate of Demak.
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The name Raden Patah itself comes from the word al-Fatah, which means "The Opening", because he was indeed the opening of the first sultanate on the island of Java.
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In 1479, Raden Patah inaugurated the Great Mosque of Demak as the center of government.
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Raden Patah introduced the use of the Salokantara as a royal statute book.
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Tome Pires in Suma Oriental reported that in 1507 Pate Rodin alias Raden Patah inaugurated the newly renovated Demak Grand Mosque.
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Raden Patah was replaced by Yat Sun as the next king, who in Babad Tanah Jawi had the title Pangeran Sabrang Lor.