Sulu Sultanate

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The Sulu Sultanate was a historic Islamic maritime kingdom in the southern Philippines that controlled key trade routes and territories across the Sulu Archipelago, parts of Mindanao, and nearby Bornean regions.

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Label Occurrences
Sulu Sultanate canonical 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state
historical polity
maritime kingdom
sultanate
capital Jolo NERFINISHED
claims parts of Sabah
conflictWith American colonial government in the Philippines
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
continent Asia
controls trade routes between Mindanao and Borneo
trade routes in the Sulu Sea
culturalSphere Islamic world
Malay world NERFINISHED
currency Spanish-Philippine peso (later period)
piloncitos (early period)
economyBasedOn maritime trade
pearling
sea cucumber trade
slavery and raiding
endTime 20th century (effective political power)
ethnicGroup Sama-Bajau people NERFINISHED
Tausug people NERFINISHED
Yakan people NERFINISHED
foundedBy Sharif ul-Hashim NERFINISHED
governmentType Islamic monarchy
hereditary monarchy
hasDynasty Hashimite lineage
Kiram dynasty NERFINISHED
hasRulerTitle Sultan of Sulu NERFINISHED
hasTerritory Basilan NERFINISHED
Palawan (parts, at times) NERFINISHED
Sulu Archipelago NERFINISHED
Tawi-Tawi Islands NERFINISHED
parts of Mindanao
parts of northeastern Borneo
languageUsed Arabic language NERFINISHED
Malay language NERFINISHED
Tausug language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Southeast Asia
Sulu Archipelago NERFINISHED
southern Philippines
officialReligion Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
partOf Moro historical polities
religion Islam
signedTreaty Kirám–Bates Treaty (1899) with the United States NERFINISHED
Treaty of 1878 with Spain NERFINISHED
startTime 15th century
c. 1450
successorState Malaysia (sovereignty over Sabah) NERFINISHED
Philippines (sovereignty over Sulu territories) NERFINISHED
tradedWith Brunei Sultanate NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
Spanish Philippines NERFINISHED
other Malay polities

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malay sultanates included Sulu Sultanate
British North Borneo predecessor Sulu Sultanate