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This is a list of sultans and later claimants of the former Sulu sultanate.The Royal House of Sulu is a royal house of the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines.Historically the head of the Sultanate of Sulu, the position of sultan today carries with it no political powers or privileges and is mostly a cultural figure.
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.
Military Governor Hugh Lenox Scott of the Sulu archipelago and Sultan Jamalul Kiram II of Sulu along with local government officials and hadjis (c. 1905) Kiram was appointed as a senator of the Philippines from the 12th district in 1931, serving for one term until 1934.
The Royal House of Sulu is an Islamic royal house which ruled the Sulu Sultanate (now part of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia).In 1962, the Philippine Government under the leadership of President Diosdado Macapagal, who himself was a distant cousin of the Sulu Sultans, counting among his ancestors Princess Laila Menchanai of Sulu, the great-grandmother of the Muslim king of Manila ...
Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram (born 28 August 1966) [1] [2] is the head of the Royal House of Sulu, a position which he has held since 16 February 1986.As the eldest son of the former Sultan Mohammad Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram (who reigned 1974–1986), he is a claimant to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu. [3]
Sultan Harun Ar-Rashid in Sulu, from a book by Dean Conant Worcester in 1899. As datu, he went to Manila alone and Governor Juan Arolas recommended him for sultanate. Governor-General Emilio Terrero y Perinat received authority from Madrid to take action for the appointment of Datu Harun. Datu Harun was appointed sultan of Sulu on September 24 ...
Jamal ul-Azam (d. 1881), also spelled Jamalul Azam, [1] was the sultan of Sulu from 1862 to 1881. [2] He was infamous for his maintenance of extensive contracts with British and German traders. These were done to counter Spanish dominance in Mindanao.
The accession of the new Sultan was recognized by the Filipino President, under whose act Manila acknowledged the personal status of the Sultan-King and the formation of the government of Sulu. Mahakuttah's son and heir Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram became the Raja Muda.