Raden Patah

Raden Patah
靳文
Senapati Jimbun Ningrat Ngabdurahman Panembahan Palembang Sayidin Panatagama
( According to Babad Tanah Jawi )
Sultan Shah Alam Akbar
( According to Serat Pranitiradya )
Sultan Surya Alam
( Hikayat Banjar )
Pate Rodim
( Suma Oriental )
Coinage of Raden Patah (15th–16th century), Sumatran Numismatic Museum.
Reign1475–1518
Coronation1518
SuccessorPati Unus
Born1455
Jepara, Majapahit Kingdom
Died1518
Demak, Demak Sultanate
Burial
Demak Mosque, Demak, Demak Sultanate
SpouseSolekha
IssueRaden Kikin
Ratu Mas Nyawa
Raden Surya
Raden Trenggana
Names
Jin Wen
DynastyDemak
ReligionSunni Islam

Raden Patah, also known as Jin Bun (Javanese: ꦫꦢꦺꦤ꧀ꦦꦠꦃ; Chinese: 靳文; pinyin: Jìn wén)[1] (1455 in Jepara – 1518 in Demak) was the first sultan of the Demak Sultanate. Ascending to the throne in 1475, he remained a vassal of the Majapahit Empire until 1478. Raden Patah took the title Panembahan Jimbun after legitimizing the Sultanate of Demak as the successor state to the Majapahit Empire, with the Wali Sanga appointing him the Sultan of Demak.

The historian Merle Calvin Ricklefs distinguishes Raden Patah from a Muslim named Cek-ko-po, saying that Cek-ko-po was an outsider, most likely from China, who apparently founded the Sultanate of Demak and had a son who might have been named "Rodim", who the Portuguese also referred to by that name. Meanwhile, Tomé Pires, in his book Suma Oriental, said that "Pate Rodim" was the ruler of Demak who ruled the Palembang area. Then, one source said that it is widely believed that the Demak Sultanate was founded in 1500 by a Chinese Muslim named Cek-ko-po or his son, Raden Patah.

He was succeeded by Adipati/Lord Pati Unus and Trenggana.

  1. ^ according to Babad Tanah Jawi