MALAY KINGDOMS IN BORNEO

THE KINGDOM OF SULU

Sulu was a Muslim kingdom which at one time held sway over the Sulu Sea in the Southern Philippines. The Sultanate of Sulu was founded by Sharif Abu Bakar, entitled Sultan Shariful Hashim, in the middle of the 15th century AD. In its golden age it controlled the whole of the Sulu Archipelago, the Zamboanga Peninsula in Mindanao, the southern part of Palawan Island, and the north and east coasts of Borneo. The centre of government was on Jolo Island.

The Sultanate of Sulu became a powerful state in the 18th century and into the 19th. Its international trade also flourished at this time. The location of Sulu in the Sulawesi Sea, the Sulu Sea and the South China Sea placed it in the maritime lanes where trading ships came and went between North and South. The Sultanate faced severe challenges beginning in the 16th century, with the arrival of European power, specifically that of Spain. In the course of its history Sulu was ruled by 32 sultans, the last of whom, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II, died in 1936.

Taken on  Sunday 27th of May 2018

Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.

Model: SP800UZ

Tags:  borneo | history | kingdom | malay | malaysia | mindanao | museum | national museum of malaysia | palawan | philippines | sultanate | sulu | zamboanga

Genre:  15th Century A.D.