Indonesian Sultanates and Their Alleged Allegiance to Islamic Caliphates

A Historical Analysis of “Jejak Khilafah di Nusantara”

Authors

  • Tiar Anwar Bachtiar STAI Persatuan Islam Garut
  • Nandang Nursaleh Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v4i2.206

Keywords:

caliphate, allegiance, international relations, Islamic kingdoms, Indonesian archipelago, Jejak Khilafah di Nusantara

Abstract

This research aims to discuss the contents of a documentary film entitled Jejak Khilafah di Nusantara which was released on 1 Muharram 1422 H (20 August 2020). The central claim of this documentary, which is also the main discussion of this research, is that the kingdoms in the Indonesian archipelago (Samudra Pasai, Malaka, Demak, Aceh Darussalam, and others) have pledged allegiance to the centers of the caliphate in Egypt and later in Turkey. The research wants to know whether the allegiance had really occurred and that these Islamic kingdoms had become the vassals of the Islamic caliphate.  This research concludes that this claim is weak by using the methods of discourse analysis, historical analysis, and the fiqh siyâsah approach. The Islamic kingdoms in the archipelago did not pledge allegiance to any center of the Islamic caliphate, even though the relationship between these centers of power was pretty intensive.

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Published

2021-12-22

How to Cite

Bachtiar, T. A., & Nandang Nursaleh. (2021). Indonesian Sultanates and Their Alleged Allegiance to Islamic Caliphates: A Historical Analysis of “Jejak Khilafah di Nusantara”. IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies, 4(2), 151–172. https://doi.org/10.31436/ijrcs.v4i2.206