Research Article
Reaching Sufis on the Spice Route: Sheikh Yusuf al-Makassari's Wanderlust 1644-1699
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306716, author={Abd. Karim and Husnul Fahimah Ilyas}, title={Reaching Sufis on the Spice Route: Sheikh Yusuf al-Makassari's Wanderlust 1644-1699}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Seminar Social Science, Humanities and Education, ISSHE 2020, 25 November 2020, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISSHE}, year={2021}, month={4}, keywords={spice route; ulama; sufis; wandering}, doi={10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306716} }- Abd. Karim
Husnul Fahimah Ilyas
Year: 2021
Reaching Sufis on the Spice Route: Sheikh Yusuf al-Makassari's Wanderlust 1644-1699
ISSHE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-11-2020.2306716
Abstract
The spice shipping and trading networks not only influenced political and economic conditions but also the formation of ulama networks. Archipelago scholars who traveled to deepen their religious knowledge were also within the network structure. This article aims to reveal the wandering of a Sufi, namely Sheikh Yusuf al-Makassari 1644-1699. This means that the spice route is the main factor supporting this ulama's journey. Syekh Yusuf is known as far as South Africa, giving an indication that this cleric used the spice route as a route to reach his magic. Starting from Makassar, Banten, Aceh, India, Yemen and Mecca he made his way. The question is how the journey and how it relates to the spice route. This article will look at this phenomenon using historical methods and philological approaches. The historical method is to reveal the process of Sheikh Yusuf's odyssey and a philological approach to explore Sheikh Yusuf's knowledge through his legacy manuscripts. The finding of this article is to see the spice network as a vessel for Sheikh Yusuf to reach Sufi. by looking at the pattern of the journey of Sheikh Yusuf's knowledge to various regions.