Abdurrahman Wahid, Gus Dur Biography

KH Abdurrahman Wahid / Gus Dur is a descendant of a blue blood. Blue blood is not in the sense of nobility, but from God's provision of Wataala Subhanahu extraordinary intelligence.
He is the son of a great leader of Muslims, especially the NU. His father, KH Wahid Hasyim, founder child NU, the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, named Hashim Ash'ari. His mother, Hajjah Sholehah, also descendants of the great figures of NU, KH Sansuri Bisri.
His father became the first Indonesian minister of religion. Thus, both from the line of father and mother, Gus Dur is a person who occupies a high social strata in Indonesian society. However, do not reflect the life history of a noble life. He proceeds and of life as befits the most. Small Wahid studied in pesantren. He taught the Koran and read the Holy Quran by his grandfather, Hasyim Ash'ari, the Pesantren Tebuireng, Jombang, East Java.
Call "Gus''a tradition among the pesantren to call or summon a child kiai. In some areas of West Java, called Gus replaced" Kang''or''Ning. Because his name Abdurrahman Wahid, the more popular he was called Gus Dur. Same with people call Baqoh Gus Gus Nadzif, Munif Gus, Gus Mik, and others.
Zastrouw al-Wahid's book Who Sih Sampeyan writing, in 1949, when the clash with the Dutch colonial government ended, and his father was appointed as a minister of religion, Wahid Hasyim family moved to Jakarta. Gus Dur finish school in Jakarta. To increase knowledge and complement formal education, he sent his father to follow the Dutch language private lessons. He was educated by riding a bike.
Tutor named William Buhl, a German who had converted to Islam and changed his name to Alexander. To add the Dutch language lessons, Buhl always presents Western classical music is usually enjoyed by adults. That was the first time a small Wahid contiguity with Western culture.
Toward the finish elementary school, she won a writing competition and received a gift from the Government. In April 1953, several months before graduation, he went with his father drove to the West Java region to inaugurate the new madrasa. Somewhere along the mountains between Cimahi and Bandung, a car driven by an accident.
Gus Dur was saved, but his father died. Wahid Hasyim death is a serious blow to his family. Gus Dur Dur mother, Mrs. Sholehah, when it was three months pregnant and bore five children.
Want Thus ABRI
Probably never imagined Wahid during childhood, adolescence, even after the Chairman of the NU for three periods.
As a child she really wanted to be the Armed Forces. However, because since the age of 14 years she had to wear minus glasses, the ideal has failed. Despite must glasses, Gus Dur diligently read books instead. Reading books. In addition, he loved football, art, chess, and even movies.
When schools in SMEP in Yogyakarta, the value drop, even a live classroom. This is because he was too menggandrungi many things, especially books and movies.
The fun of the book make friends shocked fellow students. Because, Gus Dur has been devouring books such as Plato's philosophy, Das Kapital by Karl Marx, Thalles works, the novels of William Bochner, and much more. Not many kids her own age who was a favorite as Gus Dur.
First in Yogyakarta he lived in boarding Krapyak. But not at home and feel unrestrained. With the help her mother, she chose boarding house Junaedi Haji, a local leader of Muhammadiyah. In the place he was at home.
As a child kiai, of course he was to his knowledge of religion. This is fully consistent with the ideals of his mother who wanted her son to inherit his grandfather and father to develop solidarity and religious knowledge widely.
Young Wahid is a very diligent person to learn, whatever. While studying at boarding school, he will not confined by the culture there, but wanted to obtain more knowledge. This was proven during three years as students at the boarding farm Tegalrejo KH Chudlori Magelang, Wahid still want to increase knowledge of other boarding schools such as boarding care Jombang Denanyar grandfather, KH Syanusi Bisri.
While at boarding school, he spent much of his time studying from the teacher. Time actually utilized to obtain as much knowledge there. Early in the morning had to teach three books with a nanny pesantren kiai, such as KH Fatah. Afternoon turn he taught his students. After the noon prayers went back to studying other kiai, such as KH Masduki, and then to teach another book with his grandfather Ustad, KH Syansuri Bisri.
Perseverance and persistence made remarkable differ much from other students. Even at that age is still relatively young, Gus Dur was fluent in the Mastery of Arabic grammar. That certainly was helped when
college in Egypt.
In 1960 Gus Dur chance to study in Egypt through a scholarship from the Department of Religious Affairs. At that time he was 23 years old. There he studied with the field to specialize passes sharia for seven years. But being too active organization, he did not successfully complete the course.