History
Timeline 1765–2022
From the founding of Polorejo regency to the 7th family reunion. Years marked ± are estimates from the TALI Book.
Beginnings: Polorejo & the Java War
1765
Polorejo became a Kabupaten (regency); its first bupati was R.T. Brotonegoro (son of Surodiningrat I).
1812
KH. Ibrahim was born in Cokromenggalan, Ponorogo — the eldest son of KH. Ghozali & Ny. Majasem.
±1824
KH. Ghozali defended Tumenggung Brotonegoro against slander at the Keraton Solo; he was rewarded with the tumenggung's daughter, a teak rice barn, and forest land to the north-east of the katemenggungan (later Bedi).
1825
Diponegoro War: Brotonegoro fought the Dutch; the place names Bakalan, Demung, Tegari, Sekelip and Tilasan were born. Brotonegoro fell at Bukit Larangan (Gunung Gombak), Somoroto.
1830
Brotonegoro's rice barn was moved to Cokromenggalan and turned into KH. Ghozali's mosque.
±1830
KH. Ibrahim married Ny. Sudjinah, a female santri (student) at his father's pesantren (Islamic boarding school).
The Age of KH. Ibrahim & Pondok Bedi
±1840
Set out for the hajj by sailing ship from Tanjung Perak; stayed ±8 years in Makkah (tafsir, hadith, Syafi'i fiqh, tahfiz, khat).
1847
Returned bringing a mushaf (written copy of the Qur'an); began copying the Qur'an for santri.
1848–1849
Clearing of the Bedi forest (babad alas); founded a house, a mosque and Pondok Pesantren Bedi. The name 'Bedi' comes from 'memedi' (spirits).
1854–1856
Era of Bupati R.M.T. Cokronegoro I — the bamboo-carrying incident of the 'santri mbeling' (unruly santri).
±1878
Hj. Syarifah (the youngest) was given in marriage to Imam Rozi of Kradinan, Jetis.
1900–1911
Dutch village schools opened — traditional pesantren began to decline.
1917
KH. Ibrahim passed away in Bakalan, Jumadal Ula 1335 AH, aged ±105. His body was carried in a chain from hand to hand to the Bedi cemetery.
The decline of the pesantren
±1940
KH. Imam Rozi passed away; Pesantren Bedi ceased.
RABIGH & the family reunions
1985
Silatul Arham I (family kinship gathering) & first printing of the TALI Book — PP. Darussalam Kemaduh, Baron, Nganjuk.
1989
Silatul Arham II — Bakalan, Polorejo.
1994
Silatul Arham III — PP. Al-Falah Jekek, Baron, Nganjuk.
1996
Masjid Tamanan was completely renovated by the local community.
2006
Silatul Arham IV — Karangtengah, Baron, Nganjuk (home of KH. Mukhlas Ghozali).
2007
Restoration of the KH. Ghozali mosque in Cokromenggalan — the story of the four rice-barn pillars.
2011
Silatul Arham V — Masjid Ibrohim Ghozali Bedi (3 July 2011). The surviving kitab (religious books) were gathered in a cabinet on the veranda of Masjid Bedi (24 Feb 2011).
2016
Silatul Arham VI — Masjid Al-Islah, Santren, Ngronggot, Nganjuk.
2021–2022
Academic studies: codicology of the mushaf (UINSA 2021; Jurnal Nun 7(1) 2021) and the history of the Islamisation of Polorejo (UINSA 2022).
2022
Silatul Arham VII & 7th edition of the TALI Book — Masjid Baitus Sholihin, Serag, Pulung, Ponorogo (24–25 December 2022).
Note: sources differ on his birth year (1812 per the TALI Book & UINSA 2022; 1802 per Alif.id) and his time in Makkah (±7–8 years). See Sources & Method.