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    Lecture 6

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    Islam arrived in the southern Philippines in the 1300s through the island of Sulu. Tuan Mahsai'ka introduced Islam to Sulu and helped raise the local chieftain's children as Muslims. Rajah Baguinda later arrived from Sumatra and established the Sultanate of Sulu, with his son-in-law Sayyid Abu Bakr becoming the first Sultan. Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan is believed to have introduced Islam to Mindanao in the Maguindanao and Iranun areas in the 1400s, establishing the first Islamic political institutions, from which Islam then spread throughout Mindanao and other parts of the southern Philippines. However, Spanish colonization in the 1500s halted

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    Islam arrived in the southern Philippines in the 1300s through the island of Sulu. Tuan Mahsai'ka introduced Islam to Sulu and helped raise the local chieftain's children as Muslims. Rajah Baguinda later arrived from Sumatra and established the Sultanate of Sulu, with his son-in-law Sayyid Abu Bakr becoming the first Sultan. Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan is believed to have introduced Islam to Mindanao in the Maguindanao and Iranun areas in the 1400s, establishing the first Islamic political institutions, from which Islam then spread throughout Mindanao and other parts of the southern Philippines. However, Spanish colonization in the 1500s halted

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    Islam arrived in the southern Philippines in the 1300s through the island of Sulu. Tuan Mahsai'ka introduced Islam to Sulu and helped raise the local chieftain's children as Muslims. Rajah Baguinda later arrived from Sumatra and established the Sultanate of Sulu, with his son-in-law Sayyid Abu Bakr becoming the first Sultan. Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan is believed to have introduced Islam to Mindanao in the Maguindanao and Iranun areas in the 1400s, establishing the first Islamic political institutions, from which Islam then spread throughout Mindanao and other parts of the southern Philippines. However, Spanish colonization in the 1500s halted

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    Islam arrived in the southern Philippines in the 1300s through the island of Sulu. Tuan Mahsai'ka introduced Islam to Sulu and helped raise the local chieftain's children as Muslims. Rajah Baguinda later arrived from Sumatra and established the Sultanate of Sulu, with his son-in-law Sayyid Abu Bakr becoming the first Sultan. Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan is believed to have introduced Islam to Mindanao in the Maguindanao and Iranun areas in the 1400s, establishing the first Islamic political institutions, from which Islam then spread throughout Mindanao and other parts of the southern Philippines. However, Spanish colonization in the 1500s halted

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    Isla mi za tion of Mi nda nao and Sulu

    Islamization is the process of Islam taking root among the people.


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    Islam arrived in the Philippines through the southern island of Sulu, Palawan and Mindanao.
    The map shows the direction of Islam’s expansion to South East Asia, including Philippines. It
    shows that Sulu, strategically located near the concentration of islands and settlements in East
    Indies where foreign trade and contact was prevalent, would naturally be most exposed to
    Islamic expansion.

    Islami zation of Sul u

    Though the exact arrival of Islam in Sulu is uncertain, there is archeological evidence –
    an old grave on Bud Dato venerated by local Muslims to be the grave of a foreign Muslim –
    which proves that Muslims were already present in the island of Jolo as early as 1310 A.D.

    Prepared by: Prof. Myrna M. Marohombsar


    The Tausugs, the predominant group in Sulu, are said to carry themselves a little
    straighter than other Moros because they were the first to embrace Islam. According to the
    Salsila or Tarsila (written genealogies) of Sulu, it was Tuan Mahsai’ka who pioneered Islam in
    Sulu. He came to Jolo, married the local chieftain’s daughter and raised their children as
    Muslims.

    The oral traditions and tarsilas of Sulu also mentioned a certain Karim ul Makhdum, an
    Arab missionary who was believed to have been responsible for reinforcing Islam in Jolo.

    Rajah Baguinda was also believed to have arrived in Jolo around the late 14th or 15th
    century with a fleet of warriors and settlers from Menangkabaw, Sumatra. He would insinuate
    himself into Sulu leadership, and would carve a principality – from which the Sultanate of Sulu
    would emerge.

    Baguinda’s Arab son-in-law, Sayyid Abu Bakr (referred to as Sultan Sharief ul Hashim in
    Sulu), would become the first Sultan of Sulu, and would shape institutions along Islamic lines.

    Islami zation of Min danao

    Sharief Muhammad Kabungsuan is believed to have introduced Islam in Mainland


    Mindanao. His Arab father, according to Maguindanao tarsilas, is alleged to be a descendant of
    the Prophet Muhammad. He is said to have arrived in Mindanao with a migration of Muslim
    Samals. The boatloads of migrants was dispersed by a storm and the survivors found their way
    to various parts of Sumatra, Borneo, Sulu, and in the cae of Kabungsuan, as far as Mindanao.

    Whether Kabungsuan first settled among the Maguindanaons of Cotabato or among the
    Iranuns of Malabang is not clear, however, both tribes claim that they were won over to Islam
    by his influence. He was the first to consolidate political power in Maguindanao and Iranun

    Prepared by: Prof. Myrna M. Marohombsar


    territories, where the Maguindanao Sultanate would emerge. His great great grandson,
    Qudarat, would be the first Sultan according to the Maguindanao Tarsila.

    From Maguindanao and Iranun areas, Islam would spread to the Zamboanga peninsula,
    Sarangani and the Gulf of Davao, thereby, converting the Kolibugan, Sangir, and Kalagan tribes.
    Through contacts and intermarriages with Iranun and Maguindanaon, the people of Lanao
    (Maranao) would be converted to Islam.

    Some Maranaos claim that they were influenced to embrace Islam because of Sharief
    Alawi, who arrived in the mouth of the Tagoloan River in what is now Misamis Oriental – from
    there, he and his followers carried Islam to the Bukidnon-Lanao border and eventually reached
    and converted the Lanao region.

    Islam would also penetrate other parts of the Philippines such as Palawan, Mindoro,
    Bicol, Batangas and even Manila. When the Spaniard arrived, they observed that some natives
    in the said areas would not eat pork. Thus, the Spaniards call them Moros instead of Indios.

    It is apparent that prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, the Islamization of the natives
    was already going on. It was the colonizers who put a halt to the process of Islamization by
    employing the Divide and Rule tactic, polarizing the natives into opposing camps – the Muslims
    and the Christians.

    Prepared by: Prof. Myrna M. Marohombsar

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