Sultanate of Sulu
1457–1915 state in Southeast Asia
Sultanate of Sulu
The Sultanate of Sug (Sulu) (Tausug: Kasultanan sin Sūg; Central Sama: Kasultanan Sūg or Kasultanan Sūk; Malay: Kesultanan Suluk; Filipino: Kasultanan ng Sulu or Sultanato ng Sulu) was a Sunni Muslim Tausūg state that ruled the Sulu Archipelago, coastal areas of Zamboanga City, and certain portions of Palawan in today's Philippines, alongside parts of present-day Sabah,North Kalimantan and in north eastern parts of Borneo and Berau. The sultanate was founded either on November 17 1405 or 1457 by Johore-born explorer and Sunni religious scholar Sharif ul-Hashim, the 1st Sultan of Sulu. Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim became his full regnal name; Sharif-ul Hashim is his abbreviated name. He settled in Indanan, Buansa, Sulu. The sultanate gained its independence from the The Sultanate of Brunei in 1578. At its peak, it stretched over the islands that bordered the western peninsula of Zamboanga Region in Mindanao in the east to Palawan/Palawanon located in the Philippines...
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