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For the province, see Sulu.
The Sultanate of Sulu Dar al-Islam[note 1] (Jawi: سلطنة سولو دار الإسلام) was an Islamic Tausūg[note 2]state that ruled over many of the islands of the Sulu Sea, in the southern Philippines and several places in northern Borneo. The sultanate was founded in 1457[note 3] by a Johore-born Arab explorer and religious scholar Sayyid Abu Bakr Abirin[note 4] after he settled in Banua Buansa Ummah (ummah is an Arabic term for "community"), Sulu. After the marriage of Abu Bakr and local dayang-dayang (princess) Paramisuli, he founded the sultanate and assumed the title Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ul-Hāshim. It is believed that the people at that time considered Sharif ul-Hāshim to be a direct descendant of Islamic prophet Muhammad as this is what "Sharif" denotes .[4]
Currently the issue of who would be the legitimate Sultan of Sulu is disputed by several branches of Royal Families, although the line of succession fell on the Kiram branch of the royal family from the 1863 Jamalul(Agdam)Alam-Kiram. Since 2001, the current recognized pretenders to the throne are Jamalul Kiram III and Ismael Kiram II. Abraham Julpa Idjirani is the current secretary general and spokesperson of the Sultanate. [5] Another pretender to the throne is Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram of Sulu, which hails from a different royal lineage.
Currently the issue of who would be the legitimate Sultan of Sulu is disputed by several branches of Royal Families, although the line of succession fell on the Kiram branch of the royal family from the 1863 Jamalul(Agdam)Alam-Kiram. Since 2001, the current recognized pretenders to the throne are Jamalul Kiram III and Ismael Kiram II. Abraham Julpa Idjirani is the current secretary general and spokesperson of the Sultanate. [5] Another pretender to the throne is Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram of Sulu, which hails from a different royal lineage.
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