Sharif Kabungsuwan

For the Philippine province, see Shariff Kabunsuan.
Muhammad Kabungsuwan
Sultan of Maguindanao
Reign 1520–1543
Predecessor none
Successor Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
Wives
  • Daughter of Macaapun Rajah Simbaan of Malabang
  • Angintabo (Maranao princess)
  • Masawang (Angintabo's niece)
Issue Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
Dayang Daragat
Layagun
Aloyodan
nine other children
Father Ali Zein ul-Abedin of Mecca
Mother Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Jukarnain of Malacca
Born Johor
Died 1543
Maguindanao
Religion Islam

Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan[1] (Malay: Muhammad Kebungsuan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسووان) 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 invaded Malabang, Cotabato, facing armed resistance from the non-Muslim natives, nevertheless successfully vanquishing and subjugating them to his (Islamic) rule through the might of his Samal warriors.[4]

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
  4. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA52&dq=ferociously+opposed+but+his+Samal+warriors+subdued+them&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HogXUsqDL4ia9QTwh4GwAQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ferociously%20opposed%20but%20his%20Samal%20warriors%20subdued%20them&f=false

References

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