Muhammad Salih ibn Umar al-Samarani studied in Mecca and taught at Darat, Semarang. He wrote in Javanese using Arabic script, including a partial Qur’an commentary, and counted Hasyim Asy’ari and Ahmad Dahlan among his students. Commonly dated c. 1820–1903.
Kiai Saleh Darat
محمد صالح بن عمر السماراني
Javanese pegon works
Summary
Semarang teacher who wrote Islamic works in Javanese pegon script.
- Born
- Jepara, Central Java
- Died
- Semarang, 1903
- Fields of expertise
- Tafsir
- Notable works
- Faid al-Rahman, Majmu'at al-Shari'ah, Munjiyat
Biography
Works
- Faid al-Rahman
- Majmu'at al-Shari'ah
- Munjiyat
Sources
- Martin van Bruinessen, Kitab Kuning, Pesantren dan Tarekat (1995)