Sunan Gunungjati (1448–1568) was one of the Wali Songo, or Nine Apostles of Islam. He founded the Sultanate of Banten, as well as the Sultanate of Cirebon on the north coast of Java. He was born Syarif Hidayatullah (Arabic: شريف هداية الله‎ Sharīf Hidāyah Allāh in 1448 CE: the child of a dynastic union between Syarif Abdullah Maulana Huda, an Egyptian of Hashemite descent, and Nyai Rara Santang, daughter of the infamous Prabu Siliwangi, King of Sunda ( Pajajaran ).