Karaeng Matoaya

Karaeng Matoaya (1573–1637) was the ruler of Tallo and the bicara-butta (first minister) of Gowa from 1593 until his death. He gained power after overthrowing Tunipasuluq, and transformed Makassar into one of the main trading centre in Eastern Indonesia.[1] He converted to Islam around 1605, adopted an Islamic name "Abdullah Awwal al-Islam" and the Islamization of Gowa and Tallo subsequently happened under his influence.[2]

References

Citations
  1. Reid 1981, p. 1.
  2. Reid 1981, p. 15.

Bibliography
  • Reid, Anthony (1981). "A Great Seventeenth-Century Indonesian Family: Matoaya and Pattingalloang of Makassar". Masyarakat Indonesia. 8 (1): 1–28. ISSN 0125-9989.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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