The History of Sulu

by Najeeb M. Saleeby

[83] Arabic; Israel.

[84] Arabic; honor.

[85] Arabic; orator; the pandita who reads the oration, a part of the religions services held on Friday.

[86] See Ethnological Survey Publications, Vol. IV, pt. 1, p. 64.

[87] The servant of the giver.

[88] Jamiyun is Sanskrit and means brother or sister’s son; Kulisa is Indra’s thunderbolt.

[89] One of the names of the wife of Vishnu.

[90] Sulu; the sun.

[91] The Sulus believed that Alexander the Great came to Sulu and that their ancient rulers were descended from him.

[92] Sanskrit; the plant. Jamiyun Kulisa, Indira Suga, and Masha’ika are the names of the ancient gods of Sulu. Prior to Islam the Sulus worshiped the Vedic gods and evidently believed them to be the forefathers or creators of men. The Sulu author was ignorant of this fact and used the names of the gods as names of real men.