Kompleks Pemakaman Nong Isa - Nong Isa cemetery

Nong Isa Raja Isa ibni Raja Ali had been authorized as the holder of the command of shoreline surrounding Nongsa [including Batam region] issued by the Comisaries General and Resident Riouw on behalf of Shah Sultan Abdulrahman Linga-Riau (1812 - 1832) and Lord Young of Riau VI Jakfar King (1808 - 1832) who found in the Archives collection at the National Archives Riouw Jakarta.

Isa King is the early marker of native administration in the island of Batam, after the reorganization Linga-Riau kingdom following the Treaty of London 1824 - who then passed on hereditary to her children and grandchildren. Who is King Isa ? His father was King Ali Muda Riau Lord V Ibni Cambodia Daeng Lord Riau Young III Ibni Sultan Daeng Perani @ Parrot Island. Oral sources and a tree family on the island of penyengat mention Isa as a figure who opens a new village on the island of Batam is now known as the Nongsa. Even oral sources are developed on the penyengat island is mentioned toponyms Nongsa name comes from nickname of King Isa as the Oldest son of Raja Ali Raja Parrot Island: Nong Isa. Perhaps because uttered by the tongue that does not single-origin, then slowly a new village residence of King Isa on the island of Batam Known as Nongsa.

Isa king's family tomb

Tomb of the king's retainers isa

The tombs of Isa King and His retainers

The tombs of Isa King and His retainers

One of the tombstone grave marked with arabic-Melayu letters

BATAM (BP) - pilgrimage tourism became one of the mainstay of tourism in Indonesia, including in Batam. For that, City Government of Batam began seriously working on the pilgrimage tourism potential in order to welcome tourists visiting year or Visit Batam Year (VBY) 2010. "In this near future will be held restoration of the tomb zuriyat (relative)Nong Isa in Nongsa . Batam Board of Commerce (BP) has allocated areal over there to the Office of tourism and culture batam city. Besides to restoring the tomb, Batam City Government through the Department of Tourism and Culture will also build the road to Pantai Nongsa Malays. So access to the beach and to the tomb of Nong Isa easier.