Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
His Majesty Sultan Iskandar Jamaludin Firdaus, leader the kingdom of Angling Dharma known to have 4 wives and closed. They rarely socialize with local residents Pandeglang, Banten.
Whenever there is an activity in the kingdom, the surrounding community is never invited or involved by the palace.
“He (Sleigh Sultan Iskandar Jamaludin Firdaus) personality is not too involved with the community, even though there are activities (inside the palace) we don’t know,” said Head of Welfare Head of Pandat Village, Pandeglang, Dimas Febrian, Wednesday (22/22/2020). 9)
Dimas said that many activities are carried out in the kingdom, such as the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday, traditional arts and Islam, to remembrance activities.
During the 10 years of existence, Dimas admitted that the kelurahan has not found any activities that deviate from the norms and religion of Islam.
“Art, dhikr, muludan also participate (celebrate) but each person is alone with his subordinates. It’s been a long time (standing) it’s been up to 10 years. There are no deviant activities, as far as we know there are none,” he explained.
The location of the Angling Dharma kingdom is in Pandat Village, Mandalawangi District, Pandeglang Regency, Banten. Right under the foot of Mount Aseupan, Pulosari, and Mount Karang. The place is known to be cool and green, characteristic of the mountains.
The kingdom is located in the same sub-district as the National Police School (SPN) of the Banten Police, namely in the Mandalawangi District.
“(Originally Raja Angling Dharma) but if the sub-district is one sub-district. It is not recorded as a resident of Pandat village,” he explained.
Iskandar Jamaludin Firdaus was claimed to have received a ‘title’ as king in 2004 after descending from the mountain after deepening the knowledge he had learned.
“So this king was appointed king in 2004, that’s also the origin of his business with the supernatural. This appointment is not the desire of the king nor the desire of the people, but it has been ordered from there, from the Creator,” said Iskanda’s bodyguard, Ki Jamil.
Through this story, his followers, including Ki Jamil, believe that Iskandar is the chosen figure chosen by the Creator. They even believed what Iskandar said, in the near future it will come true.
“His Majesty also has descendants from the Sultanate of Banten, there are several genealogies,” he said.
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