The History of Sulu

by Najeeb M. Saleeby

• [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
• • [Text of the treaty] 194
  • [Ratification of the treaty by the Queen Regent of Spain] 196
• [Treaty of 1836 with the Sultan of Sulu] 194
• [Expedition of Governor Claveria] 199
• [Visits to Jolo of Captain Henry Keppel and Sir James Brooke] 201

Chapter IV

[Decline of Sulu] 205

• [Expedition against Jolo] 205
• [Treaty of April 30, 1851] 209
  • [Translation of the Sulu text of the treaty of 1851] 212
• [Politico-military government of Mindanao and adjacent islands] 214