Topic summary
Padri Wars
Adat (1803–1833)
Dutch East Indies
Padri (Ulama of Minangkabau)- Adat (1833–1837)
- Sultan Tangkal Alam Bagagar
- (exiled to Batavia in 1833)
- Hubert Stuers
- Andreas Michiels
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Tuanku Rao†
Tuanku Tambusai
Tuanku Nan Renceh
Tuanku Pasaman
The Padri Wars (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Adat comprised the Minangkabau nobility and traditional chiefs. They asked for the help of the Dutch, who intervened in 1821 and helped the nobility defeat the Padri faction.