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Mempawah

Mempawah is a coastal town in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, north of Pontianak, and the seat of a regency of the same name. It was the centre of a Malay sultanate linked by marriage to Bugis and Arab families. Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie, founder of Pontianak, was the son of an Arab cleric who had settled there.

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Pontianak Sultanate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mempawah. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mempawah
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