The History of Sulu Part 3

======================================= | Chinese | Males | Females | Total | |-----------+-------+---------+-------| | Pure | 429 | 56 | 485 | | Mixed | 70 | 45 | 115 | | |-------+---------+-------| | Total | 499 | 101 | 600 | =======================================

The Filipinos may be cla.s.sified as follows:

======================================= | Filipinos | Males | Females | Total | |-----------+-------+---------+-------| | Brown | 274 | 202 | 476 | | Mixed | 4 | 3 | 7 | | |-------+---------+-------| | Total | 278 | 205 | 483 | =======================================

The census statistics give a full and clear idea of the composition of the resident population of the town in 1903. The Chinese and their offspring, amounting to 600, undoubtedly form the preponderant element. The Filipinos come next, amounting to 483 only. Considerable change has, however, occurred since the census was taken, and necessitates a revision of the above figures. The increase of the garrison and the construction of many new buildings for the military post has caused an influx of Filipinos from Zamboanga and Kotabato, and more Chinese have undoubtedly come in since 1903. The census figures again do not include Moros, some hundreds of whom live at present in Tulay and Busbus.

The following, based on close personal observation, is considered a fair estimate of the present population:

============================================================== | | Walled | San Remondo | Tulay | Busbus | Jolo | | | town | | | | | |-----------+---------+-------------+-------+--------+-------| | Moros | [17] 30 | 30 | 300 | 350 | 710 | | Chinese | 250 | 10 | 400 | 20 | 680 | | Filipinos | 170 | 100 | 250 | | 520 | | |---------+-------------+-------+--------+-------| | Total | 450 | 140 | 950 | 370 | 1,910 | ==============================================================

The inhabitants of the town are more or less migratory in character. The population is constantly changing. Few are property owners. The majority are traders, carpenters, and domestic servants. The Filipinos were originally "camp followers" and still feel as strangers in the land. Many of the Moros living at Tulay and Busbus are of mixed origin. The mixture is chiefly of Sulus and Samals, with each other and with Chinese. The Jolo type of Moros is by no means pure Sulu and has consequently misled many authors and ethnologists. A large number of Samals frequent Tulay and Busbus and often temporarily reside there, but because of their strong migratory habits no estimate has been made of them.

A few Arabians, Malays, and Indian traders are married in the country, but their proportion is small and insignificant at present.

CHAPTER II

GENEALOGY OF SULU

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION

The ma.n.u.script of which a translation follows is an exact copy of the original, which is in the possession of Hadji Butu Abdul Baqi, the prime minister of the Sultan of Sulu. The genealogy proper begins on page 6 of the ma.n.u.script and is written entirely in Malay. This was the rule among all old Moro writers and is a decided indication of the authenticity of the doc.u.ment.

Hadji Butu maintains that his ancestry goes back to Mantiri [18]

Asip, one of the ministers of Raja Baginda, the Sumatra prince who emigrated to Sulu prior to the establishment of Mohammedanism in the island. The Sulu ministry seems to have remained in Asip's lineage down to the present time.

The first five pages of the original ma.n.u.script are the genealogy of Asip's descendants. This part is written in Sulu and was probably composed at a later period than the Malay part of the book. It is written by Utu Abdur Rakman, the nephew of Imam Halipa, who is the son of Nakib Adak, the last person mentioned in the genealogy. Abdur Rakman is a cousin of Hadji Butu.

The addition of these five pages to the Genealogy of Sulu is for the purpose of giving prominence and recognition to the sons of Asip, who have been the right-hand men of the Sultans of Sulu since the organization of the sultanate.

SULU AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION

This is the genealogy of the sultans and their descendants, who lived in the land of Sulu.

The writing of this book was finished at 8 o'clock, Friday the 28th of Thul-Qa'idat, [19] 1285 A. H.

It belongs to Utu [20] Abdur Rakman, [21] the son of Abu Bakr. It was given to him by his uncle Tuan [22] Imam [23] Halipa [24]

Abdur Rakman. This is the genealogy of the Sulu sultans and their descendants.

DESCENDANTS OF ASIP

This is the genealogy of Mantiri [25] Asip, the hero and learned man of Menangkabaw. [26] Mantiri Asip had the t.i.tle of Orangkaya [27] at the time he came to Sulu with Raja [28] Baginda. [29] He married a woman from Purul [30] called Sandayli and begot Orangkaya Sumandak. Sumandak begot Orangkaya Manuk [31] and Orangkaya Hamba. [32] Manuk begot Orangkaya Buddiman [33] and Orangkaya Akal [34] and Orangkaya Layu and Satya [35] Ak.u.m. His daughters were Santan, Satan, Ambang, Duwi, Sitti, [36] and Tamwan. Orangkaya Buddiman begot Orangkaya Salimin [37]

and Dayang [38] Saliha. [39] The former begot Hinda Da'ar Maputra and Utu Undik, Dayang [40] Patima, [41] Dayang Bahira, [42] and Dayang Sawira. Dayang Saliha bore Idda. Akal begot Orangkaya Muhaddi, who begot Hinda Human. Orangkaya Layu begot Dayang Jawsul [43]-Ma.n.a.lum, who became famous. Ma.n.a.lum bore Ma'asum, Bulaying and Jamila. [44]

Jamila bore Itang. Ma'asum begot Bayi. Bulayin begot Inda and Duwalang.

Jawsul begot Na'ika and Rajiya. [45] The former begot Orangkaya Sila. Rajiya bore Tuan Aminud [46] Din. [47] Santan bore Ma'mun. [48]

Ma'mun begot Orangkayas Utung and Amang. Satan bore Palas and Bahatul. Bahatul begot Abdul Hadi. [49] Ambang bore Orankayas Amin and Bunga. [50] Orangkaya Amin begot Rajiya and Zakiya. [51]

Zakiya is the mother of Orangkaya Sila. Rajiya is the mother of Tuan Aminud-Din. Bunga begot Aliya and Salima. [52] Salima bore Hinda Baying Gumantung.

Duwi bore Manduli and Immang. Manduli is the mother of Tuan Iman Anda and Na'ima. [53] Immang bore Mali. Sitti bore Orangkayas Ugu, Garu, Abu Bakr, Abu Samma, Manawun, Sayda, and Suda. Allak begot Ila and Malum. [54] Ila bore Andungayi. Malum is the father of Imming. Tamwan bore Ima. Ima begot Angkala. Angkala begot Inung. Inung begot Hinda Nakib [55] Adak.

DESCENDANTS OF TUAN MASHA'IKA

This is the genealogy of Tuan Masha'ika. It was said by the men of old that he was a prophet who was not descended from Adam. He was born out of a bamboo and was esteemed and respected by all the people. The people were ignorant and simple-minded in those days and were not Mohammedans of the Sunni sect. Some of them wors.h.i.+ped tombs, and some wors.h.i.+ped stones of various kinds.

Masha'ika married the daughter of Raja Sipad the Younger, who was a descendant of Sipad the Older. His wife's name was Idda [56] Indira [57] Suga. [58] She bore three children, Tuan Hakim, [59] Tuan Pam, and 'Aisha. [60] Tuan Hakim begot Tuan Da'im, [61] Tuan Buda, Tuan Bujang, Tuan Muku, and a girl. Da'im begot Saykaba. Saykaba begot Angkan. Angkan begot Kamalud [62] Din, and Katib [63] Mu'allam [64]

Apipud [65] Din, and Pakrud [66] Din, and many girls.

Tuan May begot Datu Tka, who was surnamed Dina, Lama and Timwan. Dina begot Abi [67] Abdul Wakid [68] and Maryam. [69]

ORIGINAL AND LATER SETTLERS OF SULU

This chapter treats of the original inhabitants of the Island of Sulu. The first dwellers of the land of Sulu were the people of Maymbung, whose rulers were the two brothers, Datu Sipad and Datu Narw.a.n.gsa. After them came the people of Tagimaha, who formed another party. After these came the Bajaw (Samals) from Juhur. These were driven here by the tempest (monsoon) and were divided between both parties. Some of the Bajaw were driven by the tempest to Bruney and some to Mindanao. After the arrival of the Bajaw, the people of Sulu became four parties. [70] Some time after that there came Karimul [71] Makdum. [72] He crossed the sea in a vase or pot of iron and was called Sarip. [73] He settled at Bwansa, [74] the place where the Tagimaha n.o.bles lived. There the people flocked to him from all directions, and he built a house for religious wors.h.i.+p.

Ten years later Raja Baginda [75] came from Menangkabaw to Sambuw.a.n.gan. [76] From there he moved to Basilan and later to Sulu. When he arrived at Sulu the chiefs of Bwansa tried to sink his boats and drown him in the sea. He therefore resisted and fought them. During the fight he inquired as to the reason why they wanted to sink his boats and drown him. He told them that he had committed no crime against them and that he was not driven there by the tempest, but that he was simply traveling, and came to Sulu to live among them because they were Mohammedans. When they learned that he was a Mohammedan, they respected him and received him hospitably. The chiefs of Sulu who were living at that time were Datu Layla [77] Ujan, Datu Sana, Datu Amu, Datu Sultan, [78] Datu Basa, and Datu Ung. Another cla.s.s of chiefs called Mantiri were Tuan Jalal, [79] Tuan Akmat, [80]

Tuan Saylama, Tuan Hakim, Tuan Buda, Tuan Da'im, and Tuan Bujang. The Tagimaha chiefs were Sayk [81] Ladun, Sayk Sahdu, and Sayk Bajsala. The Baklaya chiefs were Orangkaya Simtu and Orangkaya Ingsa. All the above chiefs were living at the time Raja Baginda came to Sulu.

There also came to Sulu from Bwayan, [82] Sangilaya Bakti and Sangilaya Mansalah. The latter's wife was Baliya'an nyaga.

Five years after Raja Baginda's arrival at Sulu the Raja of Jawa [83] sent a messenger to Sulu with a present of wild elephants. The messenger's name was Jaya. He died at Ansang, and two elephants only arrived at Sulu.

After that time there came Sayid [84] Abu Bakr from Palembang [85]

to Bruney and from there to Sulu. When he arrived near the latter place he met some people and asked them: "Where is your town and where is your place of wors.h.i.+p?" They said, "At Bwansa." He then came to Bwansa and lived with Raja Baginda. The people respected him, and he established a religion for Sulu. They accepted the new religion and declared their faith in it. After that Sayid Abu Bakr married Paramisuli, the daughter of Raja Baginda, and he received the t.i.tle of Sultan Sharif. [86] He begot children, and his descendants are living to the present day. He lived about thirty years in Bwansa.

After Abu Bakr, his son Kamalud Din succeeded to the sultanate. Alawad [87] Din did not become sultan. Putri [88] Sarip lived with her brother Alawad Din. Alawad Din married Tuan Mayin, the daughter of Tuan Layla. After the death of Sultan Kamalud Din, Maharaja [89]

Upu succeeded to the sultanate. After the death of Upu, Pangiran [90]

Buddiman became sultan. He was succeeded by Sultan Tanga. The sultans who followed are, in the order of their succession, Sultan Bungsu, [91] Sultan Nasirud [92] Din, Sultan Karamat, [93] Sultan Shahabud [94] Din, Sultan Mustafa [95] called Shapiud [96] Din, Sultan Mohammed Nasarud [97] Din, Sultan Alimud [98] Din I, Sultan Mohammed Mu'izzid [99] Din, Sultan Isra'il, [100] Sultan Mohammed Alimud Din II, Sultan Mohammed Sarapud [101] Din, Sultan Mohammed Alimud Din III.