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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/IBP0002078/00001
Notes
- General Note:
- Malay language, written in the Jawi (Arabic) script
- General Note:
- Letter bears the penciled legend "No. 5", together with the date 1885 with attribution to the Sultan of Sooloo. The letter clearly sets it in 1884, when the Sultan of Sulu was still alive
- General Note:
- Badaruddin II, Sultan of Sulu, reigned from 1881 to 1884 at the age of 19, leaving no male heir. It may have been written by his wife or by the wife of the new Sultan
- General Note:
- The Sultanate of Sulu (Tagalog: Kesultanan Sulu; Tausūg: Kasultanan sin Sūg, Malay [Jawi script]: کسلطانن سولو دار الإسلام, Malay: Kesultanan Sulu, Arabic: سلطنة سولك) was founded in 1407, gaining independence from the Bruneian Empire (Indonesian: Empayar Brunei; Malay [Jawi script]: إمبراطورية بروناي ; also known as the Sultanate of Brunei) in 1578. It relinquished civil authority from 1915 to 1962 to a succession of Western colonial powers including Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. It civil authority was restored in 1962, when the Philippines recognised its existence. In 1986, it was dissolved by the Philippines. Ownership of the territory, in 2019, is disputed by Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
- General Note:
- PP MS 26/04/03 is labeled T. H. Haynes and Sultan of Sulu, 1884-1885
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Haynes, T. H. (Thomas Henry) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/37148570635124312107
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- PP MS 26/04/03 ( SOAS personal papers manuscript number )
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