Abdurrahman Wahid lahir pada hari ke-4 dan bulan ke-8 kalender Islam tahun 1940 di Denanyar Jombang, Jawa Timur dari pasangan Wahid Hasyim dan Solichah. Terdapat kepercayaan bahwa ia lahir tanggal 4 Agustus, namun kalender yang digunakan untuk menandai hari kelahirannya adalah kalender Islam yang berarti ia lahir pada 4 Sya'ban 1359 Hijriah, sama dengan 7 September 1940.Ia lahir dengan nama Abdurrahman Addakhil. "Addakhil" berarti "Sang Penakluk".[2] Kata "Addakhil" tidak cukup dikenal dan diganti nama "Wahid", dan kemudian lebih dikenal dengan panggilan Gus Dur. "Gus" adalah panggilan kehormatan khas pesantren kepada seorang anak kiai yang berati "abang" atau "mas".[2]Gus Dur adalah putra pertama dari enam bersaudara. Wahid lahir dalam keluarga yang sangat terhormat dalam komunitas Muslim Jawa Timur. Kakek dari ayahnya adalah K.H. Hasyim Asyari, pendiri Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), sementara kakek dari pihak ibu, K.H. Bisri Syansuri, adalah pengajar pesantren pertama yang mengajarkan kelas pada perempuan.[3] Ayah Gus Dur, K.H. Wahid Hasyim, terlibat dalam Gerakan Nasionalis dan menjadi Menteri Agama tahun 1949. Ibunya, Ny. Hj. Sholehah, adalah putri pendiri Pondok Pesantren Denanyar Jombang. Saudaranya adalah Salahuddin Wahid dan Lily Wahid. Ia menikah dengan Sinta Nuriyah dan dikaruniai empat putri: Alisa, Yenny, Anita, dan Inayah.Wahid has said publicly that he has Chinese blood.[4] Wahid admitted that he was a descendant of Tan Kim Han is married to Tan A Lok, sibling Raden Patah (Tan Eng Hwa), founder of the Sultanate of Demak.[5][6]Tan A Tan Lok and Eng Hwa was the son of the daughter of Campa, Princess of China which is the consort of Raden Brawijaya V. [6] Tan Kim Han himself was based on studies of a French researcher, Louis Charles Damais identified as Sheik Abdul Qadir Al-Shini found his grave in Trowulan.[6]In 1944, Wahid moved from Jombang to Jakarta where his father was the first elected Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Muslim Party of Indonesia (Masyumi), an organization founded with the support of Japan's army which was then occupying Indonesia. After Indonesia's Declaration of independence on 17 August 1945, Wahid moved back to Jombang and remained there during the war of independence Indonesia against the Netherlands. At the end of the war in 1949, Wahid moved to Jakarta and his father was appointed Minister of religion. Abdurrahman Wahid studied in Jakarta, went into ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KRIS before moving to Matraman Perwari primary school. Wahid was also encouraged to read non-Muslim books, magazines, and newspapers by his father to expand his knowledge.[7] Wahid continued to live in Jakarta with his family while his father was not a Minister of religious affairs in 1952. In April 1953, Wahid's father died from a car accident.Wahid's education continued and in 1954, he entered the junior high school. In that year, he was not riding class. His mother then send Wahid to Yogyakarta to continue his education with the Koran to KH. Ali Infallible in the Krapyak Pesantren and learning in junior high school. In 1957, after graduating from JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Wahid moved to Magelang to begin Muslim Education at Pesantren Tegalrejo. He developed a reputation as a talented student, completing the pesantren education within two years (four years). In 1959, Wahid moved back to Jombang in Pesantren Tambakberas. There, while continuing his education itself, Wahid also received his first job as a teacher and later as headmaster of the madrassa. Wahid was also employed as a journalist for magazines such as Cultural Magazine Horizon and Jaya.
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