Masjid istana Mempawah (Mosque of the palace of Mempawah)

Bersambung daripada Istana (Palace of) Amantubillah, Mempawah.

Continued from Istana (Palace of) Amantubillah, Mempawah.

Tidak jauh daripada istana terdapat masjid ini.

Not far from the palace lies this mosque.

Namanya Masjid Jamiatul Khair. Ia adalah masjid untuk istana Mempawah...

Its name is Masjid (mosque of) Jamiatul Khair, It is the mosque for the palace of Mempawah...

Istana (Palace of) Amantubillah, Mempawah

Bersambung daripada Meriam (Canon of) Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri.

Continuing from Meriam (Canon of) Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri.

Seterusnya kami ke Mempawah, sejam lebih perjalanan dari Pontianak lalu melawat Istana Amantubillah.

Next we went to Mempawah, over an hour trip from Pontianak and visited Istana (palace of) Amantubillah,

Sejak 300 tahun lalu Mempawah memiliki raja-raja sendiri. Istana asal di sini dibina sekitar 250 tahun lalu tetapi pernah terbakar lalu dibina baru.

Since 300 years ago Mempawah has its own rulers. The original palace here was built around 250 years ago but has once suffered from fire and so was rebuilt anew.

Bangunan yang kelihatan ini siap dibina kembali sekitar 113 tahun lalu.

The building seen here was completed after rebuilding around 113 years ago.

Lihat ke dalam...

Looking inside...

Meriam (Canon of) Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri

Bersambung daripada Kawasan pemakaman Kesultanan Pontianak dan makam Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri (Pontianak Sultanate Mausoleum and tomb of Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri).

Continuing from Kawasan pemakaman Kesultanan Pontianak dan makam Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri (Pontianak Sultanate Mausoleum and tomb of Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri).

Di luar kawasan pemakaman boleh kelihatan sebuah pondok kecil.

Outside the mausoleum could be seen a small hut.

Ia menempatkan sebuah meriam yang dianggap keramat.

It house a canon which is considered as having magical properties.

Ia adalah milik Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri.

It belonged to Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri.

Menurut ceritanya ketika pertama kali sampai ke kawasan ini baginda diganggu sekumpulan makhluk pontianak. Meriam ini ditembakkan untuk menghalau makhluk itu. Baginda kemudian membuka negeri lalu memanggilnya sebagai Pontianak.

According to the stories during the first time coming here his majesty was disturbed by a group of pontianak (banshee) creatures. The cannon was blasted to shoo away the creatures. He then opened a new state and called it Pontianak.

Kawasan pemakaman Kesultanan Pontianak dan makam Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri (Pontianak Sultanate Mausoleum and tomb of Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri)

Bersambung daripada Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument).

Continuing from Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument).

Lebih kurang 2,5 km ke barat tugu terdapat kawasan makam Kesultanan Pontianak.

About 2.5 km to the west of the monument lies the Pontianak Sultanate mausoleum.

Ia menempatkan makam sejumlah Sultan Pontianak dan kaum kerabatnya...

It houses tombs of a number of Pontianak Sultans and their kith and kins...

Paling utama adalah makam ini.

Of utmost importance is this tomb.

Ia adalah makam Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri, pengasas Kesultanan Pontianak, juga pendiri kota Pontianak.

It is the tomb of Sultan Sharif Abdurrahman al-Qadri, founder of the Pontianak Sultanate, also the one who built Pontianak city.

Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument)

Salam semua. Saya kini dalam satu perjalanan baru meliputi tempat-tempat di wilayah Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia. Biar dimulakan perkongsian beberapa tempat yang dilawati...

Peace be upon you all. I am currently in a new trip covering places in the province of Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Indonesia. Let the sharing of some places visited begin...

Isnin tengah hari 8 Jun 2015. Saya dan seorang kawan sampai ke kota Pontianak dengan menaiki pesawat. Selepas melihat persekitaran kota kami ke luar lalu singgah di bangunan ini...

Monday noon 8th June 2015. Me and a friend arrived at the city Pontianak by flight. After looking at the city surrounding we went outside and stopped at this building.

Ia dipanggil Tugu Khatulistiwa.

It is called the Tugu Khatulistiwa (Equator monument).

Ia dibina lebih setengah abad lepas untuk menandakan tempat garisan geografi Khatulistiwa lalu tepat di atasnya.

It was built more than half a century ago to mark the place where the geographical line of Equator passes right above it.

Cuma tugu ini katanya sudah lari 117 meter ke selatan garisan akibat dua faktor...

It's just the monument is said to have ran out of alignment 117 metres to the south because of two factors...

Apapun ia masih menjadi satu mercu tanda penting di Pontianak. Kelihat model tugu dan persekitaran baru yang sedang dibina...

Whatever it is still an important landmark in Pontianak. Seen here a model of the monument and the new environment around which is being built...