The Tambo Tuanku Imam Bonjol (TTIB) is a single manuscript (codex unicus), written by the son of Tuanku Imam Bonjol (1772-1864), Naali Sutan Caniago, while he accompanied Tuanku Imam Bonjol’s exile in Manado. This manuscript contains a summary of the history of the Padri War in West Sumatra in the 19th century. It consists of three parts: the first part is the memoirs of Tuanku Imam Bonjol; the second is the memoirs of Naali Sutan Caniago; the last is the minutes of two meetings held in the Minangkabau highlands in 1865 and 1875. The main message of the TTIB manuscript is the awareness of Tuanku Imam Bonjol that egalitarianism and peace must be put forward rather than war. For the people of West Sumatra or Minangkabau, Imam Bonjol is claimed to be the leader of a reformist school and also a community leader in defending his land from invaders. His role in West Sumatra is taught in schools so that every citizen in the region and also throughout Indonesia recognizes him as a national hero.