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The Sultanate of Sulu (Tausug: Kasultanan sin Sūg; Malay: Kesultanan Suluk; Filipino: Kasultanan ng Sulu) was a Sunni Muslim state [note 1] that ruled the Sulu Archipelago, coastal areas of Zamboanga City and certain portions of Palawan in the today's Philippines, alongside parts of present-day Sabah and North Kalimantan in north-eastern Borneo.
In 2004, the U.S. embassy in Manila dedicated part of its compound as the “Najeeb Saleeby Courtyard” to recognize Saleeby’s important contributions to promoting understanding between American and Filipino, and Christian and Muslim, peoples. [2] The embassy uses the courtyard for cultural events including musical performances and banquets.
Like the empire of the Bruneian Sultanate, Sulu and other Muslim sultanates in the Philippines were introduced to Islam through Chinese Muslims, Persians, and Arab traders. Chinese Muslim merchants participated in the local commerce, and the Sultanate had diplomatic relations with Ming China. As it was involved in the tribute system, the Sulu ...
Sulu merchants often exchanged goods with Chinese Muslims, and also traded with Muslims of Arab, Persian, Malay, or Indian descent. [7] Islamic historian Cesar Adib Majul argues that Islam was introduced to the Sulu Archipelago in the late 14th century by Chinese and Arab merchants and missionaries from Ming China.
Many Tausugs and other native Muslims of Sulu Sultanate already interacted with Kapampangan and Tagalog Muslims called Luzones based in Brunei, and there were intermarriages between them. The Spanish had native allies against the former Muslims they conquered like Hindu Tondo which resisted Islam when Brunei invaded and established Manila as a ...
Filipino and American officials in the new colonial government sought to educate certain Muslim youth into a heavily American-influenced, Christian Filipino culture. They hoped these elite children, the next generation of Moro leaders, would be able to "civilize" their Muslim brethren in the Southern islands where the former Spanish colonial ...
Sulu genealogy suggests that he was a brother of Kamalud-Din, a son of Sultan Shariful-Hashim, but believed not to be proclaimed the "Sultan of Sulu". 4: Sultan Amirul-Umara 1505–1527: His title is believed to be the Arabic translation of Maharajah-di-rajah, found as the fourth sultan in some tarsilas. Some Sulu genealogies do not mention him.
This category includes articles of people who are Muslim (followers of the religion of Islam) from Philippines. May not necessarily be from the Moro ethnic group. Contents