[10] The maharājah pahlawan form the highest grade of maharāja, their rank being next below that of a panglima.
[11] The term tuku-pīpul, which is applied in Sulu to all officers subordinate to panglima, means the small and large poles or pillars that support the house.
[12] A panglima pihaq is one of the regularly chosen panglima of the Island of Sulu. The island used to be divided into five main divisions for administrative purposes, each of which used to have one panglima intrusted with its rule.
Chapter III
Two Sulu Orations
The Sulu Oration for the Feast of Ramadan
(Written in the six semicircles)
PRAISE BE TO GOD. GLORY BE TO GOD. THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD. GOD IS ALMIGHTY