The Birth Of Sulu Sultanate

THE BIRTH OF THE SULU SULTANATE

The daughter of Rajah Baguinda got married to Abubakar, an Arab scholar and missionary and a prince from Sumatera, Indonesia.

Abubakar established a Sultanate named Sulu Sultanate in the year 1450 and by the end of the 15th century the Sultanate of Mindanao was established in Southern Philippines. This was later than the Shariff Ali Sultanate era in Brunei from 1425-1432.

Sharif Ali Zainal Abedin

SHARIFF ALI ZAINAL ABEDIN

The vintas of Shariff Ali Zainal Abedin landed in Johor or stayed back in Johor and married the daughter of Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnain, the Sultan Of Malacca, who was an Indian by origin in the nama of Parameswara, a merchant from Sumatra before he converted to Islam and took up the name of Iskandar Zulkarnain, by the name of Putri Jusul Asikien.

Their children were;
Shariff Bonggo,
Shariff Alawi,
Shariff Mangenta
Shariff Kabunan, while the last child disappeared but Sultan Zulkarnain of Johor/Malacca had given a gold ring studded with 7 carats of diamond to the mid-wife for the lost child (daughter).

What could be the reason for the loss of the last child, other than the will of God? She could have been given away for adoption as she would not be carrying the name and title of Shariff. Only men carried the title of Shariff. Why did Sultan Zulkarnain then gave the gold ring studded with 7 diamonds to the mid-wife for the child if she had vanished?

Some stories claimed that she was put in a box and drifted like the story of Prophet Moses in the Bible and Koran but was taken by someone, who was a respected or important person at that time, could be a price or a scholar.

The history of Meriam Ratu Hijau in Medan, Sumatera had caught my imagination. Could she be the lost daughter of Shariff Ali Zainal Abedin because history tells us that her influence spread very far including the Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatera.

The Coming Of Islam To The East

SHARIFF AHMAD OF MECCA

Shariff Baguinda is the son of Shariff Ahmad or Akmad of Makka who was married to Putri Tammat, the daughter of the King of Yemen. He and three of his other brothers came to east. The title Baginda is normally used to the highest title for king.

The names of his other brothers were;
Shariff Alimuddin,
Shariff Hassan and
Shariff Ali Zainal Abedin

Their boats hit a storm off Ceylon, now Sri Lanka resulting in them making their own way on their boats called ‘vintas’.

They landed at the shores of Sumatera.