History of Padri War.

Padri War has a cause / Background of the Padri war, Padri War was a war that length of years 1821-1837 the course of about 26 years Padri War, In These wars have various agreements, and the Padri War struggle comes from the people in West Sumatra (Minangkabau), name of the Padri War taken from the city in western Sumatra and the various languages ​​foreign to form the name of the Padri War (Padri), in this battle has stages that make the Padri War is very long, in the Padri War famous a name which is very famous for his courage to uphold the truth and straighten the road to the religion which is a very important figure in the war.

Knowing more clearly to the Padri War History (Padri), we see the discussion below  :

The struggle of the people in West Sumatra (Minangkabau) against the Dutch often called Padri War that took place and the year 1821-1837.
As for the origin of the name Padri there are two opinions are:
a. Pedir or Pideri is a small town on the western coast of North Sumatra place
    where they leave and go home and pilgrimage.
b. Of Portuguese origin. Padre or in Dutch Vader
    means "Father" or "Reverend". So with such Padri is the
    pastor.

Padri War can be divided or the last three stages, namely :

a. The Padrii against indigenous people.
b. Padri against the indigenous and the Netherlands
c. Padri and indigenous people against the Dutch.

Background The occurrence of Padri War.

History of Padri War (Padri 1821-1837) and Background Padri War and the causes of war Padri In Minangkabau region there are some people who returned from Mecca Hajj and will hold the implementation of appropriate living according to religious teachings purely slam. They were returning from a pilgrimage that is Haji Miskin, Haji Sumanik and Haji Piabang, they wing Wahabi According to the teachings of many religious mores West Sumatra (Minangkabau) to be abandoned like: drinking,, (drinking wine), connect chicken, gambling, and others.

Padri intention to teach Islam purely to eliminate customs that bad it has got a very great challenge and leaders of indigenous people and nobles. Therefore, the battle between Padri with indigenous people can not be circumvented. Within such Padri war wore white (called the putth) and indigenous people wore black (the black).

In the battle at first Padri triumph everywhere, so that the position you are customary with great urgency. Because the customs of great urgency with the leaders of the indigenous namely Suroso lord commanded ask rocks to the Dutch in Padang. This request is very sublease the Dutch, because then the Netherlands could extend its power to the Minangkabau region.

In 1824, the Netherlands and the Padris peace-making put up (put up agreement) which read:.
Fill Masang Agreement:

1. Determination of the border on both sides.
2. The Padri should hold only trade with the Dutch.
But it turns out the Dutch can not fulfill the agreement he had made it, so that the war can not be avoided anymore / flared up again. Minangkabau society with very teeth against the Dutch attack using weapons of modern

Finally indigenous people realized that the Dutch actually do not really / desire to help him, but wanted to colonize the whole area Minangkabau (West Sumatra). This is evidenced by the actions of the Netherlands as mentioned below:

Dutch actions :

a. Minangkabau people forced to work in the interests of the Dutch without
    given wages.
b. Minangkabau people are required to pay customs and excise pitted Market
    chicken.

After realizing his mistake, the indigenous people indigenous people then allied / padre joined the party in order to fight against the Dutch. With the merging of tribal and Padri the war against the Netherlands is increasingly becoming intense and covers the whole area Minang.Akibatnya the Dutch suffered huge losses. Then after the Dutch successfully completed the Diponegoro war, then all of its troops sent to West Sumatra to face the resistance of the people of West Sumatra.

As it gets help from the island of Java, the Dutch managed to occupy the defense of the people of Minangkabau (West Sumatra). Even in 1837 the center of the struggle of the Padri in Bonjol successfully controlled by the Dutch. But Tuanku Imam Bonjol together his followers escaped from the arrest of the Dutch and continue the struggle.

But in that year also Tuanku Iman Bonjol was captured by the Dutch and exiled to Cianjur, then to Ambon and then to Minahasa and died in 1855. As such Padri war ended and Minangkabau (West Sumatra) fell into the hands of the Dutch.
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Date Published: 20 April 2016 at 10:11

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