Kyai Maja

Kyai Maja
Dutch drawing, published 1847
Bornc. 1792
Died20 December 1849 (aged 5657)
Tondano, Dutch East Indies

Muslim Mochammad Khalifah (c. 1792 – 20 December 1849), better known as Kyai Maja, was a Javanese ulama and spiritual leader best known for his role as a key commander and religious adviser of Diponegoro during the Java War. He was a key commander of the rebels until his surrender in late 1828, and he was later exiled to Tondano where he died in 1849.