Islamization of Mindanao & Sulu

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ISLAMIZATION OF SULU

ARCHIPELAGO

1 1310 AD
Islam was instituted in the
initial stage by the arrival
of Tuan Mashai’ka around
1310 AD. He was a trader or
adventurer from an Arab
land and believed to be the
first Muslim to settle in

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Sulu.

1380 AD
Around 1380 AD, the
Makhdumin missionaries from
Arabia arrived to Mindanao
for the first time. The group
then traveled to Jolo, where

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they visited the islands of
Tapul, Tawi-Tawi, Simunul,
1390 AD and Sibutu. Sharif Awliya or
Around 1390 AD, Raja Karim ul Makhdum (Zein ul-
Baguinda arrived in Abidin) was the most
Jolo from prominent person on Simunul
Menangkabaw, Island and is credited with
Sumatra. He made his constructing the first mosque.
home at Jolo and Sayyid un-Nikab (Aminullah)
assumed the title of and Abd ur-Rahman were
Raja. among the other missionaries
who arrived.

4 1450 AD
Around 1450 AD,
Sayyid Abu Bakr
arrived in Sulu from
Johore (Malacca). As
the first Sulu sultan
and founder of the
Sultanate of Sulu, he
was known as Sharif
ul-Hashim.

5 16th century
Around the 16th
century, Sharif Alawi
Balpaki arrived in
Tawi-Tawi, in south
Sulu. He was
recognized in
converting the
indigenous peoples of
the islands.
ISLAMIZATION
MINDANAO
OF

1 14th
century

Sharif Awliya first


appeared in the 14th
century. He was the
same individual that
had landed in Sulu.

2 1460 AD
Around 1460 AD,
Sharif Maraja arrived
from Juhur. He
married Tuan Awliya's
daughter, Paramisuli,
and they had several
offspring.

1515 AD
Around 1515 AD, Sharif
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Kabungsuan arrived in
Maguindanao from
Sumatera (Johore). He
successfully
strengthened Islam
among the locals or local

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people in the interior of
Pulangi with tremendous
skill and vigor. He was 17th century
the first Maguindanao
king and Patriarch of the Around the 17th
Ilanaon, Maguindanaon, century AD, Sharif
Bwayan, and Iranaon (or Alawi arrived in
Maranao) in Ranao (Lake Tagoloan, north of
Lanao) Mindanao, after the
establishment of
Islam in Pulangi and
Ranao. His missionary
work took him to
Bukidnon and Lanao,
among other places.

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