Book Review Tuanku RAO

Book Review Tuanku RAO: "IN THE LAND BATAK tempest"
Book Title: Pongkinangolngolan degree Sinambela Tuanku Rao. Religion Islamic terror sect Hambali in Tanah Batak.
Author: Mangaradja Onggang Parlindungan
Editor: Ahmad Fikri A.F.
Publisher: LKiS, Jogjakarta
Printed I, June 2007
Content: iv + 691 pages Hardcover
Price: Rp 135,000

"There are no facts, there is only a commentary," Nietzsche once said regarding the issue of truth and knowledge. Katakata seems to apply also to the history, the history of closely related with the serpihan-serpihan truth and knowledge, which meant that need to be styled and ditafsir again. Therefore, history is also a commentary, a commentary and not the absolute truth segumpal. He is a new effort to approach the truth.
Book Tuanku Rao paper M.O. Parlindungan this is one of the efforts to excavate and interpret serpihan back-serpihan past experience that, especially related to the War chaplain. Through this book, the author invites us to revisit the past Tanah Batak with a palpable attempt to understand the processes that occur behind the terror of the spread of Islam sect Hambali in Batak Land in 1816-1833.

Unlike the other historians, the author chose to write history with the Batak bertutur style (story telling style), which was originally aimed at children. Indeed, in the location where the attractiveness of this book. He appears original because its focus is placed on the practice of the creation of Batak history itself rather than make historical events of the narrative historian conventional practices such as this.
According to the author, at least, there are two reasons why the stampede to the Land of Batak was with violence. In addition to spreading Islam sect Hambali in the Batak, the raid also triggered by revenge against the descendants of Raja Siregar clan Oloan Sorba Dibanua, Singamangaraja dynasty, which had mengusirnya from Batak Land. Togar Natigor Siregar, Siregar clan leader, was to swear that the whole clan followed Siregar, akan Bataks back to the King to kill Oloan Sorba Dibanua and all his descendants.
Hambali Islamic sects into Mandailing called local residents as Silom Bonjol (Bonjol Islam) because they come from penyerbunya Bonjol, although led by the Batak themselves, such as Pongkinangolngolan Sinambela (Tuanku Rao), Idris Nasution (Tuanku Nelo), and Jatengger Siregar (Tuanku Ali Sakti). In the genealogy in this book is attached, Pongkinangolngolan is mentioned that the children of the relationship between dark Gana Sinambela (daughter Singamangaraja IX) with the uncle, Prince Gindoporang Sinambela (brother Singamangaraja IX). Gindoporang and Singamangaraja IX is the son of Singamangaraja VIII, while Gana Sinambela sister is Singamangaraja X. Although as a child born outside marriage, Singamangaraja X is love and spoil keponakannya (hlm. 355).
However, birth outside of marriage is known by three people Datu (spiritual leaders), which led Datu Amantagor Manurung. Appropriate law, Singamangaraja X is forced to impose the death penalty nephew who disayanginya with menenggelamkandi Lake Toba. But, not drown, Pongkinangolngolan terselamatkan flow to reach Asahan River and fed a fisherman named Lintong Marpaung. After many years in the area Angkola and Sipirok, Pongkinangolngolan Minangkabau decided to go for fear of being identified as the person who has the death penalty dijatuhi by Raja Batak.
In Minangkabau, in 1804, by Pongkinangolngolan diislamkan Tuanku Nan Renceh, and sent to Makkah and Syria and the opportunity to follow education in the military trooper Janitsar Turkey. Upon return, in 1815, was promoted to officer Pongkinangolngolan army chaplain and get a degree Tuanku Rao.
Tuanku Nan Renceh apparently run political divide et impera, such as the Netherlands, is using to attack the Batak Batak Land. Tanah Batak invasion to start on 1 Ramadan 1231 H (1816 M) of the fortress that kept Muarasipongi Marga Lubis. Muarasipongi successful and the whole population diluluhlantakkan be leaving without one. Severity and this is done deliberately disseminated to sow terror and fear in order to make it easier to defeat the spread of Islam sect Hambali.
After that, the invasion of Singamangaraja X Benteng Bakkara implemented in 1819. People Siregar Salak's Jatengger Siregar Sipirok led troops involved in the offense to meet the oath Natigor Togar Siregar and revenge to the descendants of King Oloan Sorba Dibanua, namely Singamangaraja X. Jatengger Siregar Singamangaraja challenging to do a duel fighting. Singamangaraja lose the sword and cut his head Jatengger Siregar. Already fulfilled revenge stored for 26 generations.
Invasion army chaplain stopped at 1820, because berjangkitnya disease epidemic cholera and pestilence. From 150,000 people who enter the army chaplain at the Tanah Batak in 1818, only about 30.000orang. Some died in the biggest non-battle field, but died from various diseases. To save the remaining pasukannya, in the 1820 Tuanku Rao interesting means the entire back of Tanah Batak pasukannya North, so the plan pengislaman all Batak land can not be forwarded. Meanwhile, Tuanku Imam Bonjol ordered that Tuanku Rao pasukannya remain together in the Batak to block the entrance of the Netherlands. Finally, Tuanku Rao died in battle in the Air Bangis on 5 September 1821, died while Tuanku Lelo cut his head, while her body chopped by Halimah Rangkuti, one of the prisoners who made selirnya.
Finally, the book is divided into three major sections and contains 34 attachments clearly have this special place in the writing of history based on facts and representations historiografi as interpretations that are not absolute.
The author has shown the strength of the script written in reconstructing the history of Batak vision for the development of political, social, and cultural. Can not be denied, the main contribution of this book lies in the finding on other factors outside the domain of conventional historiografi. This is clearly an impact akan broad debate in Indonesia about historiografi. (*)

By: TASYRIQ HIFZHILLAH Peminat historical origin Probolinggo, spicy in the study of Exemption (LSP), Jogjakarta. Source: Posts from ALI AHMAD Afandi (DI JAWA POS, SUNDAY, 24 JUNE 2007)