: Tuanku Rao: Terror Agama Islam Mazhab Hambali di Tanah Batak, 1816-1833 .
The book remains a significant piece of Indonesian literature because it sparked a massive debate on how history is recorded and interpreted. While critics like Hamka viewed it as largely fictional, others value its "imaginative" approach and its inclusion of rare genealogical records and appendices.
It describes the Padri movement as a "terror" campaign to spread the Hanbali school of Islam in North Sumatra.