For the added understanding of kawan2 site kita ni, I am reposting this article written by a certain Datu Albi Ahmad Julkarnain who identifies himself as Chairman, Council of Royal Datus of Sulu:
“The history on how Sabah (North Borneo) came to faith into the hands of the Sultanate of Sulu will make us to understand better why Sulu Royal heirs own Sabah, and why Sabah rentals are paid by the Malaysian Government up to the present.
According to Brunei sources, it was Sultan Bulkeiah (C.A. 1500) who extended Brunei territory to the Northeastern Coast of Borneo Island by conquest. However, in the year 1662 A.D. Sultan Muhammed Ali, the twelfth reigning Sultan of Brunei Sultanate was killed by his Prime Minister, Bendahara Abdul Mumin and proclaimed himself Sultan, Upon his enthronement Sultan Abdul Mumin chose his cousin named Pangiran Bongsu as his Bendahara (Prime Minister). After a few years, intrigues came in and discontented persons started to look up to Pangiran Bongsu to lead a revolt. Because of what had appeared as a growing discontent in Brunei, Pangiran (Prince) Bongsu was able to persuade Sultan Abdul Mumin to transfer his residence to Pulno Chermin, an island off Brunei, and to have it fortified. It was then that Prince Minister Pangiran Bongsu raised the standard of revolt in Brunei. The basis of his strength was in the mainland, unlike that of Sultan Abdul Mumin which rested mainly on the island of Pulao Chermin.
The Civil War in Brunei ensued that lasted between 10 to 12 years. Trade activities came to a standstill and famine visited the mainland of Brunei. The island of Pulao Chermin which guarded the entrance to the bay just off Brunei prevented supplies from getting into the town. The island of Pulao Chermin, too, was denied resources from the mainland. To break the impasse, Bendahara Pangiran Bongsu sent a message to Sulu Salahuddin Karamat, the 10th reigning Sultan of Sulu Sultanate and a cousin of Bendahara Pangiran Bongsu. He asked for aid and promised him to cede the North Borneo (Sabah) territory.
The first thing Sultan Salahuddin of Sulu Sultanate did was to go to the island of Pulao Chermin and have an audience with Brunei Sultan Abdul Mumin, for this island guarded the entrance to Brunei. The Sulu Sultan informed Sultan Abdul Mumin that he had come to establish peace since it was not proper for Muslims to fight each other. Sultan Abdul Mumin told the Sulu Sultan that it was Bendahara (Prime Minister) Pangiran Bongsu who started the war. The Sulu Sultan was then allowed to go over the mainland of Brunei and persuaded Bendahara Pangiran Bongsu to settle for a peace agreement. However, realizing that peace could not be achieved through negotiation, Sulu Sultan Salahuddin decided to aid Bendahara Pangiran Bongsu, a bloodline cousin of him. The Sultan of Sulu accepted the offer of Bendahara Bongsu and took part with his principal Royal Datus that led (heir respective warriors in the fighting and defeated Sultan Abdul Mumin. It finally ended the Brunei civil war in 1675 A.D. and Bendahara Pangiran Bongsu was enthroned the Sultan of Brunei Sultanate, who took over the regal title of Sultan Muhyiddin.
He fulfilled his promise to Sulu Sultan Salahuddin on North Borneo (Sabah) territory secession.Actually, North Borneo or the Sabah estate was acquired by Sultan Salahuddin of Sulu Sultanate by an act of war where many lives of Sulu Warriors were lost and martyred in the defense of Brunei Sultanate that helped ended the Brunei civil war. North Borneo was ceded to Sulu Sultan by Brunei Sultan Muhyiddin immediately after the civil war in 1675 A.D., but it was in 1704 A.D. that Sultan Shahabuddin, the 11th Sulu Sultan that placed completed North Borneo under the administration of Sulu Sultanate and started the collection of tributes after several skirmishes with the Tirun Tribe.
Before I end this write-up, 1 want to pose this question. Who are the bloodline Royal heirs of Sulu Sultanate, who have ascendancy to the ownership of Sabah or North Borneo? “
Note: The situation relative to the Sabah claim on the side of Sulu, and the Philippines, on the whole is the report that as many as 8 men are claiming to be the legitimate, bloodline descendants of the first sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram.
Salam.. brother in islam, it is unfair because on that time the Sultan of Maguindanao (Sultan Qudarat) send troops (Iranun Warriors) to the sultan of brunei for aid... so the sulu sultanate should not claim personally the sabah because it has a counter part of the Maguindanao Sultanate...
ReplyDeleteSalam...Bro...what we know from written historical fact's is that all the Sultanate's have in one way or another ' blood relation '....some will admit it and some will not....yes what is happening on the Sulu Sultanate is in fact very sad....everybody want's to be in power.....but they seem to forget that it was the people that made them a sultan in the first place.......Salahuddin united the people and the Empire of Islam was almost 2/3 of the globe.....Sultan Qudarat did the same and manage to defeat the spanish.....unity is the very foundation...
ReplyDeletesalam ... brother in islam.you have to analyze the fact,when brunie occured civil war.it is the panglimas worriors who settled the conflict in brunie not the participation of sultans.it is the bloods worrior sheds there.so the prize was given to him and this is the real claimant of North Borneo.beleive it or not.some day his heirs will come.brunie who knws this but they conceal the story.who ever.long before brunie royalty looking 4 his heirs.only to prove who is the real owner using DNA test.becacuse malysia knws they are caretakare government of Norht Borneo since then.
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