# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syekh-yusuf-al-makassari
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:04:08.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syekh-yusuf-al-makassari"
name: "Syekh Yusuf al-Makassari"
slug: "syekh-yusuf-al-makassari"
description: "Abadin Tadia Tjoessoep, more commonly known as Sheikh Yusuf or Sheik Joseph, was an Indonesian Muslim of noble Makassar descent. He was also known as Muhammad Yusuf al-Maqassari or Tuanta Salamaka ri Gowa. In 1693 he was exiled to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, which resulted in his establishing Islam in the Cape."
tagline: "An Islamic scholar, Sufi master, and anti-colonial figure from South Sulawesi, Indonesia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kisah_Tuanta_Salamaka_(page_57_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Indonesia"
  isoCode: "ID"
birthDate: "1626-07-03"
deathDate: "1699-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.526498666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Makassar"
    title: "Yusuf Makassar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadin_Tadia_Tjoessoep"
    title: "Abadin Tadia Tjoessoep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "يوسف التاج الخلوتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheikh_Yusuf"
    title: "Scheikh Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Yusuf"
    title: "Sheikh Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Yusuf"
    title: "Sheikh Yusuf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Al-Makassari"
    title: "Yusuf Al-Makassari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Al-Makassari"
    title: "Yusuf Al-Makassari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Al-Makassari"
    title: "Yusuf Al-Makassari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775069"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump