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Name: sultanate of sulu

Type: Cluster

Start: 1405 AD

End: 1851 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Sultanate of Sulu (Brunei)
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Establishment


  • November 1405: Became a Sultanate in 1405.
  • November 1405: The Sultanate of Sulu was founded on 17 November 1405 by a Johore-born explorer and religious scholar Sharif ul-Hashim. Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim became his full regnal name, Sharif-ul Hashim is his abbreviated name. He settled in Buansa, Sulu. After the marriage of Abu Bakr and a local dayang-dayang (princess) Paramisuli, he founded the sultanate.
  • Chronology


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    1. Brunei Civil War


    Was a civil war fought in the Bruneian Empire from 1660 to 1673.

  • January 1674: Eastern part of Sabah given to Sulu Sultanate as the reward for assisting the Muhyiddin's Forces.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1579: Sulu became vassal of Brunei.

  • January 1705: In 1704 the Sultan of Brunei ceded the lands East of Marudu Bay to the Sultan of Sulu.

  • January 1706: The Sultanate of Sulu totally gave up its rule over Palawan to Spain in 1705 and Basilan to Spain in 1762.

  • January 1732: The Bulungan Sultanate was founded by the Uma Apan, a Kayan group from the Apo Kayan region. They settled near the coast in the 17th century, establishing their rule in actual North Kalimantan in 1731.

  • April 1851: In 1848 and 1851, the Spanish launched attacks on Balanguingui and Jolo respectively. A peace treaty was signed on 30 April 1851 in which the sultan could only regain its capital if Sulu and its dependencies became a part of the Philippine Islands under the sovereignty of Spain.

  • Disestablishment


  • April 1851: In 1848 and 1851, the Spanish launched attacks on Balanguingui and Jolo respectively. A peace treaty was signed on 30 April 1851 in which the sultan could only regain its capital if Sulu and its dependencies became a part of the Philippine Islands under the sovereignty of Spain.
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