Here Comes The Shariff

Shariff is the title given to a person in the past who were considered knowledgeable and normally they were the descendants of the Arab from Mecca or Taif and their descendants hence carry the same title, but only for the male person.

There were so many stories about the Shariff in this part of the region and people were so proud about these Shariff that they called them the respected ones as these people did not want glamour or titles because they were originally traders as well as missionaries, but they were lucky to have been married to the daughters of Sultan. This had happened in Johor, Brunei, Sulu and other provinces. They came at the height of the propogation of the Muslim religion in the early 14th Century. They were said to have possessed certain powers and miracle like walking on the water or the sea.