Those who subscribe to the Bangsamoro roadmap see the demise of ARMM sometime in 2016. If we are to write an epitaph for the 23 years or so of ARMM, how will it be?
Here lies ARMM
Twenty-three years old or so.
Desired the best,
Tried but wanting.
Reformed too late,
Hard lessons learned.
But for her offspring
Hope flickers eternally.
Alauddin, the 3rd Sulu Sultan at the time of Brunei's Golden Age
Between the clear reigns of the Sultan Kamaluddin (1480-1505) and the Sultan Amir ul-Umara (1505-1527) is Alauddin, brother of the former and the other son of Shariful Hashim.
It is not clear why he was not mention in the Saleeby's "Genealogy of Sulu" as in other tarsilas (genealogies) and khutabah (Friday sermon where a prayer for the ruling sultan is invoked) mention him as successor to his brother. Was there some sort of succession squabble between siblings or overpowered by some foreign power, we are tempted to ask.
He may have exercise political power over some areas. What is generally accepted about him is that he may have ruled but did not reigned, as he was not crown "sultan". Nonetheless, in Majul's analysis, he is placed as the 3rd sultan although the period of his rule is not placed. This is also the accepted placement among royal genealogies by today's claimant families.
If indeed this succession squabble is true, this is the first instance and will repeat itself through the centuries of the existence of this sultanate; and foreteld the present generation of succession squabble over what is now largely a titular throne.
There is another possible explanation and this is to take into consideration the person of the 4th Sultan known as Amir ul Umara (1505-1527). There is a claim that this person and Brunei's 5th or 6th Sultan Bolkiah are one and the same. If this is true, is it also possible that this period was actually the reign of Sultan Alauddin. Only this time, Sulu is subject to a powerful neighbor?
As claimed in their tarsila Brunei reached the zenith of its political power under Sultan Bolkiah (1485–1521), who oversaw an empire from Borneo to as far as Manila in the Philippines. In effect, Sultan Bolkiah was an overlord over several sultanates in the region. This overlord status is referred to in Sanskrit/Malay as "Maharajah di-Rajah" and in Arabic as "Amir ul-Umara", a lord having power or supremacy over other lords. Do this implies that the reign of Sultan Alauddin is actually the period corresponding to the overlordship of Sultan Bolkiah?
Because of the overlord status of Sultan Bolkiah, this is probably a reason why he took a Bajau princess from Sabah and a princess from Sulu as among his wives, to gain acceptance for his overlordship in this part of the Sulu Sea.
Together with his brother the 2nd sultan, Alauddin boasts a powerhouse ancestry that will never be repeated in Sulu history again - Shariful Hashim, founder of the sultanate, as their father; Paramisuli, a raja's daughter, as their mother and Rajah Baguinda, Sulu's only known rajah, as their maternal grandfather!
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It is not clear why he was not mention in the Saleeby's "Genealogy of Sulu" as in other tarsilas (genealogies) and khutabah (Friday sermon where a prayer for the ruling sultan is invoked) mention him as successor to his brother. Was there some sort of succession squabble between siblings or overpowered by some foreign power, we are tempted to ask.
He may have exercise political power over some areas. What is generally accepted about him is that he may have ruled but did not reigned, as he was not crown "sultan". Nonetheless, in Majul's analysis, he is placed as the 3rd sultan although the period of his rule is not placed. This is also the accepted placement among royal genealogies by today's claimant families.
If indeed this succession squabble is true, this is the first instance and will repeat itself through the centuries of the existence of this sultanate; and foreteld the present generation of succession squabble over what is now largely a titular throne.
There is another possible explanation and this is to take into consideration the person of the 4th Sultan known as Amir ul Umara (1505-1527). There is a claim that this person and Brunei's 5th or 6th Sultan Bolkiah are one and the same. If this is true, is it also possible that this period was actually the reign of Sultan Alauddin. Only this time, Sulu is subject to a powerful neighbor?
As claimed in their tarsila Brunei reached the zenith of its political power under Sultan Bolkiah (1485–1521), who oversaw an empire from Borneo to as far as Manila in the Philippines. In effect, Sultan Bolkiah was an overlord over several sultanates in the region. This overlord status is referred to in Sanskrit/Malay as "Maharajah di-Rajah" and in Arabic as "Amir ul-Umara", a lord having power or supremacy over other lords. Do this implies that the reign of Sultan Alauddin is actually the period corresponding to the overlordship of Sultan Bolkiah?
Because of the overlord status of Sultan Bolkiah, this is probably a reason why he took a Bajau princess from Sabah and a princess from Sulu as among his wives, to gain acceptance for his overlordship in this part of the Sulu Sea.
Together with his brother the 2nd sultan, Alauddin boasts a powerhouse ancestry that will never be repeated in Sulu history again - Shariful Hashim, founder of the sultanate, as their father; Paramisuli, a raja's daughter, as their mother and Rajah Baguinda, Sulu's only known rajah, as their maternal grandfather!
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Kamaluddin, Sulu's 2nd Sultan
Sultan Shariful Hashim reigned for 30 years until his death in 1480. He was succeeded by one of his sons, Kamaluddin.
Genealogically and following conventional facts, Kamaluddin is half Arab from his father side, one-fourth Sumatran from his maternal grandfather, Rajah Baguinda, and one-fourth Buranon or Tausug, assuming his maternal grandfather married a local lady. Cesar Majul claims this is so in his "Analysis of the Genealogy of Sulu". With 1/4 local Buranun or Tausug blood, how do we position this dynasty - local or foreign?
Politically, like his father, little is known about his reign. He reigns for a quarter of a decade from 1480 to 1505,
Also, there is speculation that there was a dynastic or succession controversy between his rule and that of his brother, Alauddin or Alawaddin, primarily because their reigns overlap. In the Saleeby's "Genealogy of Sulu", Alauddin is not included, although other tarsilas (genealogies) and khutabah (Friday sermon where a prayer for the ruling sultan is invoked) mention him as successor to his brother.
While we have scant information about his reign, we do have access to data during this period from Indo-Malay, Chinese and other sources providing us a glimpse of SE Asia during the Sultan Kamaluddin's reign. This is something of research interest.
On a personal note, I say he is one interesting historical figure in Sulu history. Together with his brother Alauddin, they boast a powerhouse ancestry that will never be repeated in history again - Shariful Hashim, founder of the sultanate, as their father; Paramisuli, a raja's daughter, as their mother and Rajah Baguinda, Sulu's most popular rajah, as their maternal grandfather!
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Politically, like his father, little is known about his reign. He reigns for a quarter of a decade from 1480 to 1505,
Also, there is speculation that there was a dynastic or succession controversy between his rule and that of his brother, Alauddin or Alawaddin, primarily because their reigns overlap. In the Saleeby's "Genealogy of Sulu", Alauddin is not included, although other tarsilas (genealogies) and khutabah (Friday sermon where a prayer for the ruling sultan is invoked) mention him as successor to his brother.
While we have scant information about his reign, we do have access to data during this period from Indo-Malay, Chinese and other sources providing us a glimpse of SE Asia during the Sultan Kamaluddin's reign. This is something of research interest.
On a personal note, I say he is one interesting historical figure in Sulu history. Together with his brother Alauddin, they boast a powerhouse ancestry that will never be repeated in history again - Shariful Hashim, founder of the sultanate, as their father; Paramisuli, a raja's daughter, as their mother and Rajah Baguinda, Sulu's most popular rajah, as their maternal grandfather!
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