Abdurrahman Wahid was born on the 4th and 8th month of Islamic calendar 1940 in Denanyar Jombang, East Java from partner Wahid Hasyim and Solichah. There is a belief that he was born on August 4, but the calendar is used to mark the day of his birth is the Islamic calendar, which means he was born on the 4th of Sha'ban 1359 AH, equal to 7 September 1940. He was born with the name Abdurrahman Addakhil. "Addakhil" means "the Conqueror". The word "Addakhil" is not well known and renamed "Wahid", and later became known as Gus Dur call. "Gus" is a distinctive honor boarding call to a child kiai means "brother" or "mas". Gus Dur was the first son of six children. Wahid was born in a very respectable family in the Muslim community in East Java. Grandfather of his father is KH Hasyim Asyari, founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), while his maternal grandparents, KH Bisri Syansuri, is the first boarding school teacher who teaches a class on women. Father Gus Dur, KH Wahid Hasyim, was involved in the nationalist movement and became Minister of Religion in 1949. His mother, Mrs. Hj. Sholehah, is the daughter of the founder of Boarding Denanyar Jombang. His brother was Salahuddin Wahid and Lily Wahid. He is married to Sinta Nuriyah and had four daughters: Alisa, Yenny, Anita, and Inayah. Gus Dur has stated publicly that he has Chinese blood. Abdurrahman Wahid claimed that he was a descendant of Tan Kim Han who is married to Tan A Lok, siblings Raden Patah (Tan Eng Hwa), founder of the Sultanate of Demak. A Lok Tan and Tan Eng Hwa is the son of Princess Campa, a Chinese princess Raden concubine Brawijaya V. Tan Kim Han himself later based research a French researcher, Louis-Charles Damais identified as Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Shini who discovered his tomb in Trowulan In 1944, Wahid moved from Jombang to Jakarta, where his father was elected as the first Chairman Shura Council of the Muslim Party of Indonesia (Masjumi), an organization established by the Japanese soldiers who then occupied Indonesia. After the declaration of Indonesian independence on August 17, 1945, Gus Dur back to Jombang and remained there during the Indonesian war of independence against the Dutch. At the end of the war in 1949, Wahid moved to Jakarta and his father was appointed as Minister of Religion. Abdurrahman Wahid studied in Jakarta, go to SD KRIS before moving to SD Matraman Perwari. Wahid also taught to read non-Muslim books, magazines, and newspapers by his father to expand his knowledge. Wahid continued to stay in Jakarta with his family even though his father had not become a minister of religion in 1952. In April 1953, Wahid's father died in a car accident. Education Wahid continued and in 1954, he entered junior high school. In that year, he did not go up the class. Her mother then sent Wahid to Yogyakarta to continue her education by the Koran to KH. Ali Krapyak infallible in boarding school and studied in junior high. In 1957, after graduating from junior high school, Wahid moved to Magelang to start the Muslim Education in Pesantren Tegalrejo. He developed a reputation as a gifted student, graduated from boarding school in two years (supposed to four years). In 1959, Wahid moved to a boarding school in Jombang Tambakberas. There, while continuing his own education, Wahid also received his first job as a teacher and later as head of the madrassa. Wahid was also employed as a magazine journalist like Horizon and Culture Magazine Jaya.
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