Introduction
This manuscript is a copy of the original which is in the possession of Datu Mastūra, the best-informed datu of Magindanao, and the son of Sultan Qudrat Jamālu-l-A’lam Untung, the greatest of the late sultans of Magindanao. Datu Mastūra has the best collection of Magindanao books and records and owns the most reliable of the royal documents that have been preserved. This copy is one of the best specimens of Magindanao literature extant. It is principally genealogy and speaks briefly of the early history of Magindanao and the rise of its sultanate, its main purpose being to preserve the record of descent and determine the right of succession to the sultanate.
The first page describes the birth of Putri Tunīna and her relation to Tabunaway, the ruler of Magindanao. The second page describes the coming of Sharif Kabungsuwan to Magindanao, his conversion of Mindanao to Islam, and his marriage to Putri Tunīna. The third page gives an account of Kabungsuwan’s marriage to a princess from Malabang and his descendants from her. The rest of the manuscript is a detailed account of births and descendants down to the birth of the great grandfather of the present sultan, which must have occurred shortly before the beginning of the nineteenth century. It is the most complete and the most nearly correct copy that exists. It is written at a later period than that of No. V, and covers two later generations. The history and genealogy of the nineteenth century were obtained by personal investigation and inquiry from the oldest and most reliable datus and other persons living. Diagrams Nos. 3 and 4 show the descent of the rulers of Magindanao from Kabungsuwan to the present time.
The full names and titles of the sultans in the order of their succession are as follows:
- 1. Sharif Kabungsuwan
- 2. Sharif Maka-alang
- 3. Datu Bangkāya
- 4. Datu Dimasangkay
- 5. Datu Gūgu Sarikūla
- 6. Datu Kapitan Lāwut Bwīsan
- 7. Sultan Dipatwān Qudrat (Corralat)
- 8. Sultan Dundang Tidulay
- 9. Sultan Barahamān
- 10. Sultan Kahāru-d-Dīn Jamālu-l-Ālam Kuda
- 11. Sultan Mohammed Jāpar Sādik Manāmir, generally known as Sahīd Mupāt or Wapāt
- 12. Sultan Dipatwān Anwār, also known as Wapāt Batwa
- 13. Sultan Mohammed Tāhiru-d-Dīn Malīnug
- 14. Sultan Pakīr Mawlāna Mohammed Kayru-d-Dīn Kamza, generally known as Pakīr Mawlāna or Pakīh Mawlāna
- 15. Sultan Pakaru-d-Din
- 16. Sultan Mohammed Amīru-l-Umara Alīmu-d-Dīn Kibād Sahriyāl
- 17. Sultan Kawāsa Anwāru-d-Dīn
- 18. Sultan Qudrata-l-Lāh Jamālu-l-A’lam Untung
- 19. Sultan Mohammed Makakwa
- 20. Sultan Mohammed Jalālu-d-Din Pablu, sometimes called Sultan Wata
- 21. Sultan Mangigīn
Literal translation of Manuscript No. VI
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE COMPASSIONATE AND MERCIFUL. PRAISE BE TO GOD THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE. I HAVE FULL SATISFACTION THAT GOD IS MY WITNESS
This book speaks of the origin of the rulers of Magindanao. The first known rulers were Tabunaway and his brother Mamālu. One day they were cutting bamboo to build a fish corral. Mamālu cut down all the trees except one small stalk that was left standing alone. Tabunaway then called to Mamālu, “Finish it up, because it omens ill to our fish corral.” Mamālu therefore cut it and found in it a girl whose little finger was slightly cut by a slip of the bolo. He carried the girl to Tabunaway, but Tabunaway told him to keep her and adopt her as his child. This girl was named by Tabunaway Putri Tunīna.
On the other hand, there came out from Mecca Sharif Ali Zayna-l-Abidīn, who proceeded to Bawangin (Malaysia) and settled at Juhūr. Here he married the daughter of Sultan Iskandar Thul-Qarnayn of Juhūr, whose name was Jūsul Āsiqin, and begot Sharif Kabungsuwan. Sharif Kabungsuwan came to Magindanao to the mouth of the Tinundan. There he met Tabunaway and accompanied him to the town of Magindanao. This is Sharif Kabungsuwan, who converted to Islam all the people of Magindanao, Slangan, Matampay, Lusud, Katittwān, and Simway, and who was followed by all those who accepted Islam in the land of Magindanao.