Department of the Interior
Ethnological Survey Publications
Volume IV, Part II
THE HISTORY OF SULU
By
NAJEEB M. SALEEBY
Manila Bureau of Public Printing 1908
CONTENTS
PART II
Page.
Preface 117
Chapter I
Geographical Description of the Sulu Archipelago 121
In general 121 Island of Sulu 127 Geographical features 127 Principal coast settlements 129 Districts of the island 131 Town of Jolo 133 General plan, buildings and streets 133 Trade 137 Population 144
Chapter II
Genealogy of Sulu 147
Translator's introduction 147 Sulu author's introduction 147 Descendants of Asip 148 Descendants of Tuan Masha'ika 149 Original and later settlers of Sulu 149 Sulu historical notes 151 Introduction 151 Sulu notes 152
Chapter III
Rise and Prosperity of Sulu 155
Sulu before Islam 155 Introduction of Islam and the rise of a Mohammedan dynasty in Sulu 158 Establishment of the Mohammedan Church in Sulu and the reign of Abu Bakr 161 Early days of the sultanate 163 Successors of Abu Bakr 163 Figueroa's expedition against Sulu 164 Reasons for hostilities 168 Rule of Batara Shah Tangah 171 Figueroa's expedition against Mindanao 172 Moro raids 175 First Spanish conquest and occupation of Sulu 177 Sulu supremacy in the Archipelago 179 Successors of Bungsu 179 Reign of Sultan Alimud Din I 180 Reign of Sultan Israel 187 Moro pirates 191 Treaty of 1836 with the Sultan of Sulu 194 Text of the treaty 194 Ratification of the treaty by the Queen Regent of Spain 196 Expedition of Governor Claveria 199 Visits to Jolo of Captain Henry Keppel and Sir James Brooke 201