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Sharif Kabungsuwan

Field	Value
name	Muhammad Kabungsuwan
title	1st Sultan of Maguindanao
reign	1515–1543
full name	Muhammad Shariff Kabungsuan
successor	Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
spouses	Putri Tunina (Rajah Tabunaway's daughter)
Angintabo (Iranun princess)
spouse 3	Masawang (Angintabo's niece)
issue	Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
Dayang Daragat
Layagun
Aloyodan
nine other children
royal house	Al-'Aydarus
father	Sayyid Zainal Abidin Al-Aydarus (Tun Dagang)
mother	Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Zhulkarnain of Malacca
religion	Sunni Islam Sufism
birth_date	unknown
birth_place	Johore
death_date	1543
death_place	Maguindanao
place of burial	Butig, Lanao del Sur

Angintabo (Iranun princess) Dayang Daragat Layagun Aloyodan nine other children

Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan (Maguindanaon: Muhammad Kabunsuan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسوان; Malay: Muhammad Kebungsuwan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسووان) was the first Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines. A native of Johore in Maritime Southeast Asia, Kabungsuwan re-settled in Mindanao in the Philippines where he preached Islam to the native tribes around the region.

Origin

Maguindanao genealogy records state that Kabungsuwan's father was an Arab and a sharif or a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad while his mother was Malay. His recorded name "Kabungsuwan" in Maguindanao tradition means "youngest" and is said to be the youngest among three children. His eldest brother, Ahmad is said to have established the Bruneian Sultanate while his other brother Alawi is said to have set up the Sulu Sultanate.

Mission work in Mindanao

The Sultanate of Maguindanao under Shariff Kabungsuwan in 1521.

The Sunni scholar Kabungsuwan is generally regarded as the one who introduced Islam in the Lanao and Maguindanao areas in Mindanao arriving in the area in the early 16th century. There are several tarsilas or written genealogy on Kabungsuwan though most of these state that he brought in men when he landed in Mindanao, his group are composed of seafarers, there was initial force with his group's interaction with the locals and that there were already Muslims in Mindanao when his Kangungsuwan and his men landed near the mouth of the Pulangi River. Kabungsuwan formed alliances with influential royal families of Sulu, Borneo, and Ternate. This led to Islam becoming the dominant religion around Lake Lanao by the 19th century.

Personal life

Kabungsuwan traded in T'buk, old name of Malabang, Lanao.

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

Legacy

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

Notes

References

Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila, by Rosario Cruz Lucero, published by Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008,

References

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Bacani, Benedicto R.. (January 2005). ""The Mindanao Peace Talks: Another Opportunity to Resolve the Moro Conflict in the Philippines"".
''Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila'' (2008), pg 195
(March 2018). "History/The%20Maguindanao%20Sultanate". mnlf.net.
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(1975). "Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 3 Southeast Asia, Religions, Religionen". BRILL.
(2005). "Islam in Southeast Asia: Political, Social and Strategic Challenges for the 21st Century". Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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