The Earth Tiger Andalas

7. The upheaval began

The Pariaman Coast has been known by foreign traders and merchants since the 1500s. Long before the establishment of bayur bay harbour in the city of padang by the Dutch, in pariaman there is already a large port between islands and continents. In the records of historians, Pariaman City is the oldest city on the west coast of Sumatra Island.

Today the oldest records of Pariaman are those of Tomec Pires (1446-1524), a Portuguese sailor who worked for the Portuguese empire in Asia. He noted there has been trade traffic between India with Pariaman, Tiku and Barus.no wonder, many descendants of Indian rivet that we can find in the city of Pariaman until this century.

Historically, Pariaman is also known as the oldest center for the development of Islamic teachings on the west coast of Sumatra. One of the most famous such as Alm. Shaykh Burhanuddin, Tuanku saliah (many photos are on display in the restaurant padang ), khatib sangko (long tomb on the island angso duo pariaman ), and, and also Teungku Di Ujung whose birth name is Halilullah, is a great scholar from Minangkabau origin pariaman ulakan. He was a disciple of the shaykh burhannudin who spread Islam in Simeulue Island, Aceh Sultanate in the 14th or 15th century.

Geographically, Simeulue Island is an island about 150 km from the west coast of Aceh. Teungku Di Ujung has a wife named Si Melur, which is the origin of the name of the island Simeulue according to the story of the descendants of the island people themselves.

Pariaman The majority are inhabited by people of minangkabau descent who come from luhak nan tigo (Minangkabau central area), therefore pariaman is called by the name of 'minang region' formerly. As a strategic port city for trade, it is not surprising that pariaman is often contested by large surrounding kingdoms. Aceh lama controlled the west coast of pariaman until then back to pagaruyung with the place of the small kings of the representatives of the pagaruyung kingdom in the pariaman region.

But when the Dutch began to enter the pariaman, the situation began to change.the trading center in the diverted and directed to the city of padang with the establishment of the bayur bay port.after the hilltinggi they controlled, so the city was made as a big city and established their defense fort after the war, namely Fort de kock. Slowly the trade route began to change, pariaman began to be abandoned by merchants between continents.

The transfer by the Dutch according to some observers of history today, caused the development of Islam in pariaman which is the center of the development of the oldest Islamic religion in the minangkabau in that century, The developer is a ulakan shaykh burhannudin who besides scholars is also a fighter against colonization.

Until entering 1803 until Tahu 1833, during the civil war broke out in the central area of the minangkabau, Indonesia, although historically the war of priests who were initially touted as a war between indigenous figures and scholars who are said to according to Dutch records say that the scholars were influenced by 'radical Islamist groups' which at that time was in gandrungi in the middle east, but the record is not entirely reliable, he said, toh who fought against the Dutch in the realm of minang recorded in the leadership of different scholars madhzhab and tariqat, both sufism, such as scholars from the syattariah, nakhsabandiyah or unrelated to tariqat.

Likewise with the indigenous leaders who participated in fighting with the scholars against the Netherlands. Honest and can not be denied, if there are and probably very many indigenous figures and religious figures who can be in the Dutch lobby with the politics of fighting sheep are already famous in the historical record.

The position of scholars and indigenous figures who opposed the Dutch at that time was in the position of 'rebel', because the ruling was the Dutch.no wonder after they managed to quell the rebellion of laskar paderi, arresting my lord imam bonjol and alienated to the minahasa, north sulawesi, then the historical record was made, anyone who helped the struggle paderi laskar, paderi, or rebels who have nothing to do with porters are also called losers and traitors of the state with various names that are dwarfing or cornered them.

In addition to being remembered as the country of the scholars and the land of the sadagars, pariaman at that time was also popularly called the country 'pandeka' (swordsman). that designation in because there are many silat colleges, standing there, not only the official silat college, but also non-official, namely learning silat in the surau yard every night before going to bed which of course is guided also by silat experts..

As usual in minangkabau in the past, a man who has aqhil baliq must sleep in a mane. that's where he taught, learning pasambahan and martial arts.

These fighters are many approached by the Dutch to be invited to cooperate in extinguishing the fire of rebellion that was idolized by the native fighters, of course in the lure of gold coins...

Although some joined the colonial government, but not a few fighters who fought and rebelled against the Dutch. the politics of sheepfighting that the Dutch run at least has run in the realm of minang generally at that time, namely the natives in order to finish off the natives themselves..

Dutch spies are everywhere, in nagari (villages), Di korong (level RT/RW), in lapau (coffee houses) even in surau. So be very careful when talking about Dutch cunning in public, if you do not want to be invited by the Dutch soldiers to his house at midnight. Can be shot dead or at least in prison for several years...

The Tiger Skyline school is one of the colleges that secretly helped the native fighters in fighting the Dutch colonialism, but their struggle has not been revealed by the Dutch, even other silat colleges do not know. That's why when Canti Klewang invited the teacher Mr. Sati Dasman to cooperate, he refused outright. no one knows if Mr. Sati Dasman angku mudo himself often leads his students to destroy small Dutch bases in the interior.

And never known by the Dutch, Mr. sati dasman angku mudo still has a close friendship with suto malin, and both have vowed to never submit to the government of the Dutch East Indies..