Tuanku Pasaman

Tuanku Pasaman was an Islamic cleric (ulama) and leader of West Sumatra, Indonesia. He was a prominent Padri, who were a group of Islamic reformists who advocated for the puritanical approach in Islam inspired by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the early 18th century in West Sumatra. Little is known of Pasaman, apart from his role during the Padri War.

In 1815, he led a Padri group and stormed the government office of Pagaruyung Kingdom, and toppled the Sultan Arifin Muningsyah who escaped to Lubuk Jambi.^[1] Stamford Raffles, who traveled around Pagaruyung in 1818, recorded that Pasaman looted the remains of the burned-down castle.^[2]