![]() He is reported to have married a sister of Trenggono, Sultan of Demak, and to have led military expeditions for Demak against Sunda. Some say that he was born in Pasai, one of the earliest centres of Islam in Southeast Asia whilst others say that he was born in Pajajaran, capital of his maternal grandfather's Kingdom of Sunda. There is much historical uncertainty as to his early life and later career in the Indonesian Archipelago. As such, Syarif Hidayatullah could claim descent, on his paternal side, from the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and on his maternal side, a Hindu Devaraja of the Sunda Kingdom. Gunungjati was born Syarif Hidayatullah ( Arabic: شريف هداية الله Sharīf Hidāyah Allāh) in 1448 CE, the child of a dynastic union between Syarif Abdullah Maulana Huda, an Egyptian of Hashemite descent, and Nyai Rara Santang, daughter of Prabu Siliwangi, King of Sunda ( Pajajaran). He founded the Sultanate of Banten, as well as the Sultanate of Cirebon on the north coast of Java. Sunan Gunungjati (1448–1568) was one of the Wali Songo, or nine saints of Islam revered in Indonesia.
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