Padri War
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The Padri War was a 19th-century conflict in West Sumatra between Islamic reformists (Padri) and traditional Minangkabau chiefs, later involving Dutch colonial forces and significantly shaping colonial control in the region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Padri War canonical | 3 |
| Perang Padri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1358225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Padri War Context triple: [Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, engagedIn, Padri War]
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A.
War of the Brothers
War of the Brothers is a major internal conflict phase within the broader Lebanese Civil War, marked by intense factional fighting among rival Lebanese militias.
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B.
Kitos War
The Kitos War was a major Jewish uprising against Roman rule in the early 2nd century CE, marked by widespread revolts across the Eastern Mediterranean and severe Roman reprisals.
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C.
Kalinga War
The Kalinga War was a brutal ancient Indian conflict whose immense bloodshed profoundly transformed Emperor Ashoka, leading him to renounce violence and embrace Buddhism.
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D.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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E.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Padri War Target entity description: The Padri War was a 19th-century conflict in West Sumatra between Islamic reformists (Padri) and traditional Minangkabau chiefs, later involving Dutch colonial forces and significantly shaping colonial control in the region.
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A.
War of the Brothers
War of the Brothers is a major internal conflict phase within the broader Lebanese Civil War, marked by intense factional fighting among rival Lebanese militias.
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B.
Kitos War
The Kitos War was a major Jewish uprising against Roman rule in the early 2nd century CE, marked by widespread revolts across the Eastern Mediterranean and severe Roman reprisals.
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C.
Kalinga War
The Kalinga War was a brutal ancient Indian conflict whose immense bloodshed profoundly transformed Emperor Ashoka, leading him to renounce violence and embrace Buddhism.
-
D.
Forage War
The Forage War was a series of small-scale skirmishes and raids in early 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, in which American forces harassed British and Hessian troops in New Jersey to disrupt their supply lines and weaken their control of the region.
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E.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century conflict
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war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Padri War
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surface form:
Perang Padri
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| chronologyNote | initially an internal Minangkabau conflict before Dutch intervention ⓘ |
| conflictType |
civil war
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colonial war ⓘ |
| endTime | 1837 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Dutch colonial expansion in Sumatra
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Islamic reform movement in Minangkabau ⓘ conflict between Islamic law and Minangkabau adat ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Dutch colonial officers
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Tuanku Imam Bonjol ⓘ Tuanku Nan Renceh ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
increased Dutch influence over Minangkabau highlands
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integration of West Sumatra into Dutch colonial administration ⓘ reconfiguration of Minangkabau political authority ⓘ |
| hasIdeology | puritan Islamic reform ⓘ |
| hasMainBelligerent |
Dutch colonial forces
ⓘ
Minangkabau adat leaders ⓘ Minangkabau traditional chiefs ⓘ Padri ⓘ |
| hasOpposedIdeology | Minangkabau adat tradition ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent |
Dutch intervention in support of Minangkabau chiefs
ⓘ
fall of Bonjol in 1837 ⓘ siege of Bonjol ⓘ |
| hasTheater |
Bonjol region
ⓘ
Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
surface form:
Minangkabau highlands
|
| historicalPeriod | Dutch East Indies era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key step in Dutch control over inland Sumatra
ⓘ
major conflict between Islamic reform and local customary law in Indonesia ⓘ |
| involvesColonialPower | Netherlands ⓘ |
| involvesEthnicGroup |
Minangkabau
ⓘ
surface form:
Minangkabau people
|
| languageOfName | Indonesian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ West Sumatra ⓘ present-day Indonesia ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago ⓘ |
| religiousAspect |
Islamic reformism
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Wahhabi-inspired movement ⓘ |
| result |
Dutch consolidation of control in West Sumatra
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defeat of Padri forces ⓘ strengthening of Dutch colonial rule in the interior of Sumatra ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1803 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Padri War Description of subject: The Padri War was a 19th-century conflict in West Sumatra between Islamic reformists (Padri) and traditional Minangkabau chiefs, later involving Dutch colonial forces and significantly shaping colonial control in the region.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Perang Padri