Padri War

Padri War
Battle engagements between Padri and the Dutch, 1830s
Date 1803–1837 Location West Sumatra, North Sumatra, and Riau
Belligerents
Pagaruyung • Adat (1803-1833)  Netherlands • Dutch East Indies	Padri (Ulama of Minangkabau) Pagaruyung • Adat (1833-1837)
Commanders and leaders
Rajo Alam Sultan Tangkal Alam Bagagar (Exiled to Batavia in 1833) Major General Cochius Colonel Stuers Lieutenant Colonel Raaff Lieutenant Colonel Elout Lieutenant Colonel Krieger Lieutenant Colonel Bauer Lieutenant Colonel Michiels Major Laemlin* Major Prager Major du Bus* Captain Poland Captain Lange	Tuanku Imam Bonjol Tuanku Rao † Tuanku Tambusai Tuanku Nan Renceh Tuanku Lintau Tuanku Pasaman Tuanku Nan Alahan

The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Adat comprised the Minangkabau nobility and traditional chiefs. They asked for the help of the Dutch, who intervened in 1821 and helped the nobility defeat the Padri faction.