Muslims In The Philippines, Cesar Adib Majul; 56-84.
ISLAMIZATION OF SULU
Tuan Masha’ika Tuhan Maqbalu Karim ul-Makhdu Rajah Baguinda Sharif ul-Hashim Mohadum, Alawi Balpaki
A. Tuan Masha’ika
//Badjaos moving from the Johore area, to Sulu (14th century)
B. Tuhan Maqbalu
- Mentioned in a tombstone found in Bud Dato, the hill of rulers (710 A.H., 1310 C.E.)
- Muslim who died far away from his land of origin; a local ruler of some prominence
C. Karim ul-Makhdum
- Full name: Ibrahim al-Akbar Ibn Jamal ud-Din al-Husayni
- Father of Maulana Ibrahim, one of the first successful missionaries in Java (died, 1419 C.E.)
D. Rajah Baguinda
- Menangkabaw honorific term for prince
- Prince from Java
E. Sharif ul-Hashim
- Also known as Abu Bakr
- Introduction of Islam as a form of state religion with its attendant political and social institutions
- Responsible for the conversion of the coastal people, and the hill people, the Buranuns, reducing tension between both parties
F. Mohadum, & Alawi Balpaki
- Muslim missionaries
- Alawi Balpaki’s missionary activities ranged from Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, to other parts of Borneo
Summary!
|Time Period |People Involved |Notes |
|Last Quarter of the 13th Century |Tuan Masha’ika, Tuhan |Presence of Muslim settlements in Sulu due to missionary activities. |
| |Maqbalu | |
|Second Half of the 14th Century |Karim ul-Makhdum |Good reception and less hostility from the natives to Islam, with the existence of the |
| | |Bud