 The nickname "Mas" was an abbreviation of Permas, a Bantenese noble title that was a descendant of the sultanate.While, named Thawil () which means long because there was a friend named Shaikh Arsyad Qashir al-Bantani, Qashir () was mean short.Therefore, to distinguish him from Arsyad Qashir, his friends then pinned Thawil's name behind his name.