Gandar Wahid
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|succession = Sultan of Deli
|reign = 1761-1805
|predecessor = Tuanku Panglima Pasutan
|successor = Amaluddin Mangendar
|regnal name = Tuanku Panglima Gandar Wahid
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|religion = Sunni Islam
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Tuanku Panglima Gandar Wahid was the fifth Sultan of Deli, ruling from 1761 to 1805.{{Cite journal|last1=Barus|first1=Saparudin|last2=Sulistiyono|first2=Singgih Tri|last3=Rochwulaningsih|first3=Yety|title=The Discovery of Deli Sultanate Currency in Batubara, North Sumatra|url=https://ejournal2.undip.ac.id/index.php/jmsni/article/download/11384/6232|journal=Journal of Maritime Studies and National Integration |volume=5 |issue=1 |year= 2021 |pages=42–47}}{{Cite book|last=Gultom|first=Jimly Qardhawi|date=2022|url=https://digilib.unimed.ac.id/id/eprint/46187/2/Article.pdf|title=North Sumatra Tourism Anthropology, The Sultancy of Deli: A Historiographic Review|publisher=The 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (ICSSIS)}}
Life
He was the son of Tuanku Panglima Pasutan, the fourth ruler of Deli, now part of Deli Serdang Regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
During Gandar Wahid's reign, the position of the four Karo tribal leaders (Malay: datuk empat suku, Karo: raja urung) became more established as sultan's representatives to the people.{{Cite book|last=Takari|first=Muhammad|date=2012|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235852213|title=Sejarah Kesultanan Melayu Deli dan Peradaban Masyarakatnya (The History of Malay Deli Sultanate and Its Society's Civilization)|publisher=University of Sumatera Utara Press|isbn=978-979-458-608-2|access-date=2022-07-23}} Continuing the previous leadership system, he maintained the implementation of the Islamic legal code (kanun) in his administration. Although part of the Deli territory had already seceded to form the Sultanate of Serdang,{{Cite book|last=Sinar (Tengku.)|first=Luckman|date=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZM9wAAAAMAAJ&q=gandar+wahid|title=The History of Medan in the Olden Times|publisher=Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengembangan Seni Budaya Melayu|page=25|language=en}} he endeavored to improve the welfare of the people remaining in his domain and maintained good social relations with them. Also during his reign, the Zapin Labuhan dance was developed, reflecting the Deli Malay cultural growth of his period.{{Cite journal|last=Martozet|first=Martozet|date=2021-01-14|title=The Existency of Traditional and Modern Dance in Medan City|url=https://bircu-journal.com/index.php/birle/article/view/1574|journal=Budapest International Research and Critics in Linguistics and Education (BirLE) Journal|language=en|volume=4|issue=1|pages=203–212|doi=10.33258/birle.v4i1.1574|issn=2655-1470|doi-access=free}}
Gandar Wahid's reign was succeeded by his third son, Amaluddin Mangendar Alam. His tomb is located in the courtyard of the Al-Osmani Grand Mosque in Medan.{{Cite web|last=KompasTV Medan|date=2022-04-01|title=Jelang Ramadan, Sultan Deli ke-14 Gelar Ziarah Makam|url=https://www.kompas.tv/regional/275973/jelang-ramadan-sultan-deli-ke-14-gelar-ziarah-makam|website=KOMPAS.tv|language=id|access-date=2024-08-07}}
See also
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Category:18th-century monarchs in Asia
Category:19th-century monarchs in Asia