Islamisasi Di Sumatera Utara: Studi Tentang Batu Nisan Di Kota Rantang Dan Barus

: Islamization in North Sumatra: A Study of Gravestone in Rantang and Barus Cities. When talking about the process of islamization in Indonesia, many an expert will focus on discussing Aceh. Where as in North Sumatra, especially around the city of Medan and Barus many ancient gravestones found that proves the Islamic religion has long foothold in this area. By analyzing the typology and chronology of Aceh tombstones and inscriptions found in gravestones in the cities of Rantang and Barus, North Sumatra Province is known that the process of islamization in North Sumatra have occurred since the 13th century AD. The process of islamization was eventually formed a political community of Islam in the design of the 13th century AD ie the emergence of the Kingdom of Haru in the Kota Rantang, Hamparan Perak