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Abdurrahman Wahid was born on the day of the 4th and 8th month of Islamic calendar  in Denanyar Jombang, East Java, from pair Wahid Hasyim and Solichah. There is a belief that he was born on 4 August, but the calendar used to mark the day of his birth is the Islamic calendar, which means he was born on 4 Sha'ban, equal to 7 September 1940. He was born with the name Abdurrahman Addakhil. "Addakhil" means "the Conqueror".  The word "Addakhil" is not well known, and changed the name of "Wahid", and then better known as Gus Dur calls. "Gus" is a typical boarding school honor calls to a child kiai means "saudara" or "mas".

Gus Dur is the first son of six children. Wahid was born in a very respectable family in the Muslim community in East Java. Grandfather of his father is K.H. Hasyim Asyari, the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), while his maternal grandfather, K.H. Bisri Syansuri, is the first boarding school teacher who teaches classes in women [3]. Father Gus Dur, K.H. Wahid Hasyim, was involved in the Nationalist Movement and became Minister of Religious Affairs in 1949. His mother, Mrs. Hj. Sholehah, is the daughter of the founder of Pondok Pesantren Denanyar Jombang. His brother is Salahuddin Wahid and his sister Lili Wahid. He married and blessed with Sinta Nuriyah four daughters: Alisa, Yenny, Anita, and Inayah.

Gus Dur has openly stated that he has flow Chinese. Abdurrahman Wahid admitted that he is a descendant of Tan Kim Han who is married with Tan A Lok, siblings Raden Patah (Tan Eng Hwa), founder of the Sultanate of Demak. Tan A and Tan Eng Hwa Lok is a child of Princess Campa, daughter of China who is a concubine Raden Brawijaya V.Tan Kim Han own then based on the research, a researcher at France, Louis-Charles Damais identified as Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Shini found in his tomb in Trowulan.

In 1944, Wahid moved from Jombang to Jakarta, where his father was elected the first Chairman of the Shura Council of the Muslim Party of Indonesia (Masyumi), an organization established with the support of Japanese troops which then occupied Indonesia. After the declaration of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, Gus Dur back to Jombang and remain there during Indonesia's independence war against the Dutch. At the end of the war in 1949, Wahid moved to Jakarta and his father was appointed as Minister of Religious Affairs. Abdurrahman Wahid in Jakarta to study, go to primary school before moving to SD KRIS Matraman Perwari. Wahid also teach non-Muslims to read books, magazines, and newspapers by his father to expand the knowledge.Gus Dur continue living in Jakarta with his family although his father was not a minister of religion in 1952. In April 1953, Wahid's father died from a car accident.

Wahid education continues and in 1954, he entered the Junior High School. In that year, he was not the next grade. Her mother then sends Gus Dur to Yogyakarta to continue his education with a Quran to the KH. Ali Maksum at Pondok Pesantren Krapyak and studying in junior high. In 1957, after graduating from junior high school, Wahid moved to Magelang to start at the Islamic School Muslim Education Tegalrejo. He developed a reputation as a gifted student, graduated from boarding school in two years (should be four years). In 1959, Wahid moved to a boarding school in Tambakberas, Jombang. There, while continuing his own education, Abdurrahman Wahid, also received his first job as a teacher and later as head of the madrassa school. Gus Dur is also employed as a journalist for magazines such as Horizon and Budaya Jaya Magazine.