Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan''Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila'' (2008), pg 195 (

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: ''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

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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

Mohammed Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

while his mother was

. His recorded name "Kabungsuwan" in Maguindanao tradition means "youngest" and is said to the be the youngest among three children. His eldest brother, Ahmad is said to have established the

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while his other brother Alawi is said to have set up the Sulu Sultanate.

Mission work in Mindanao

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

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, Borneo, and Ternate. This led to Islam becoming the dominant religion around

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by the 19th century.

Personal life

Kabungsuwan traded in T'buk (old name of Malabang)

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, Lanao, married to the native princess of Maranao. Kabungsuwan was of Arab-

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 Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...

Legacy

The former province of

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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, {{DEFAULTSORT:Kabungsuwan, Mohammed 1543 deaths Filipino datus, rajas and sultans Filipino Muslims Filipino people of Malay descent Islam in the Philippines Muslim missionaries Muslim rulers People from Johor Year of birth unknown Filipino people of Malaysian descent