Who was Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili

Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili was a famous scholar in Aceh. He was born around 1615 at Singkil. When he was young, he went to Arabia and studied fiqh, tafsir and Kalaam. He spent 20 years of his life in search of knowledge in Meeca, Medina, Yeman and Doha. Most of his time, he spent in Medina. He went back to Aceh in 1661 and served as Qadhi Malik al-Adil in the Acehnese court during the period of Sultanah Taj al-Alam Safiyyat al-Din Shah (1641-1675).