1898-1946






Sulu 1840-1898



In the 1840es, the interest of the colonial powers in the Sultanate of Sulu intensified. In 1842 US Captain Charles Wilkes signed a peace & trade treaty with the Sultan. In 1845 the French occupied BASILAN ISLAND; yet King Louis Philippe, in consideration of Spanish claims, ordered his troops to withdraw. The Spanish administration of the Philippines in 1851 occupied JOLO, establishing a walled city there. The Sultan had moved his residence to ...; Sulu ("Moro") resistance against the Spanish continued. Spanish control was limited to Jolo. In 1872 the Sultan applied for German protection, without success. In 1876 the main island was occupied by the Spanish. In 1878 the Sultan of Sulu accepted to be a vassal of Spain.
Sultan BADAR UD-DIN II (1881-1886) undertook an administrative reform, appointing a PRIME MINISTER. In 1883, Jolo was declared a FREE PORT. In the late 1880es the population was estimated at 75,000, of Islamic faith.

The Sultanate of Sulu extended over the Sulu Archipelago and over the northeastern coast of Borneo (Eastern Sabah). In 1877 the Sultan of Sulu leased the Suluan coastal stretch on northeastern Borneo to what was to become the BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CHARTERED COMPANY.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Historical Timeline of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu, by Josiah C. Ang
Sulu, from Philippines Provincial Profile
DOCUMENTS Article Sulu (Joloinseln), from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1888-1890 edition, in German
The Land Grant of 1878, from Bangsamoro Diocuments
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First posted on May 10th 2002, last revised on February 8th 2005

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