Hasyim Asy'ari

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Hasyim Asy'arie (often Asy'ari or Asyari in English, or Ashari in Malay) (10 April 187525 July 1947) was the founder of Nahdatul Ulama, a traditionalist Sunni Islam group in Indonesia.

He was the father of Wahid Hasyim. His grandson Abdurrahman Wahid was president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001.