Sharif Kabungsuwan

Muhammad Kabungsuwan
Sultan of Maguindanao
Reign	1520–1543
Predecessor	none
Successor	Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
Born	(unknown) Johore
Died	1543 Maguindanao
Burial	(unknown) (unknown)
Spouse	Angintabo (Maranao princess)
Wife	Daughter of Macaapun Rajah Simbaan of Malabang Masawang (Angintabo's niece)
Issue	Sultan Maka-alang Saripada Dayang Daragat Layagun Aloyodan nine other children
Full name Muhammad Shariff Kabungsuwan
House	Sultan of Maguindanao
Mother	Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Zhulkarnain of Malacca
Religion	Sunni Islam

Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan^[1] (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.^[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. "History/The%20Maguindanao%20Sultanate". mnlf.net. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
3. "WebCite query result". webcitation.org. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
4. Halili, M. (2004). Philippine History. Rex Book Store. p. 52. ISBN 9789712339349. Retrieved 2015-08-23.

References

• Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila, by Rosario Cruz Lucero, published by Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008, ISBN 971-550-535-X