Sharif Kabungsuwan

For the Philippine province, see Shariff Kabunsuan.
Muhammad Kabungsuwan
Sultan
Reign Sultanate of Maguindanao: 1520-1543
Full name Sultan Muhhamad Dipatuan Kudarat
Birthplace Maguindanao
Died 1543
Predecessor none
Successor Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
Wives Daughter of Macaapun Rajah Simbaan of Malabang
Angintabo (Maranao princess)
Masawang (Angintabo's niece)
Offspring Sultan Maka-alang Saripada, Dayang Daragat, Layagun, Aloyodan, other nine issues
Father Ali Zein ul-Abedin of Mecca
Mother Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Jukarnain of Malacca

Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan[1] was the first Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines. A native of Johor in Maritime Southeast Asia, Kabungsuwan re-settled in Mindanao in the Philippines where he preached Islam to the native tribes around the region.[2][3]

Kabungsuwan was of Arab-Malay ethnicity. He married a local princess and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao in the 16th century.[2] The sultanate was usually centered in the valley of Cotabato.

The former province of Shariff Kabunsuan in the Philippines was named after him.

Notes

  1. ^ Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila (2008), pg 195
  2. ^ a b http://www.mnlf.net/History/The%20Maguindanao%20Sultanate.htm
  3. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/lppsec/pp/maguindanao.htm&date=2009-10-26+01:59:24

References

Regnal titles
Preceded by
none
Establishment		 Sultan of Maguindanao
1520-1543		 Succeeded by
Sultan Maka-alang Saripada