The Royal House of Sulu is an Islamic royal house which ruled the Sulu Sultanate (now part of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia). In 1962, the Philippine Government under the leadership of President Diosdado Macapagal, who himself was a distant cousin of the Sulu Sultans, counting among his ancestors Princess Laila Menchanai of Sulu, the Great Grandmother of the Muslim king of Manila, Rajah Sulayman, officially recognized the continued existence of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu.
On May 20, 1974, Sultan Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram was recognized under Memorandum Order 427, issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos, confirming the existence of the Sultanate of Sulu. Memorandum Order No. 427 states that "The Government has always recognized the Sultanate of Sulu as the legitimate claimant to the historical territories of the Republic of Philippines". The memorandum states that Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram (reigned 1974–1986) was officially the recognized Sultan of Sulu. Sultan Mahakuttah A. Kiram's eldest son Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram was crowned Sultan in a coronation event on the island of Jolo on 16 September 2012. The Royal House of Kiram descends from Sultan Jamalul Kiram I, who was the Sultan of Sulu from 1823 to 1844.
List of members
A list of the family members related to Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram is as follows:
Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan KiramAmpun Babai Dayang Dayang Mellany S. Kiram
Raja Muda Moh. Ehsn S. Kiram (Sultan's eldest son) Datu Nizamuddin S. Kiram Dayang Dayang Rahela S. Kiram Datu Jihad S. Kiram Datu Mujahid S. Kiram Dayang Dayang Redha S. Kiram Datu Mahakuttah S. Kiram< ridzkhan The Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's adopted son: Datu Cheong Ming Lam The Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's sisters and brothers and their spouses: Dayang Dayang Zuharra T. Kiram MohammadMr. Hadji Pyzar Mohammad Dayang Dayang Dinwasa T. Kiram Delos-SantosMr. Noel Delos-Santos Datu Yldon Tan KiramDayang Dayang Myrla Sacapanyo Kiram Dayang Dayang Nur Mahal T. Kiram Dayang Dayang Ayesha T. Kiram Dayang Dayang Tanya Rowena T. Kiram The Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's uncles and aunts and their spouses: Dayang Dayang Jamdatul Kiram (widow of the Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's uncle HRH Datu Iskader A. Kiram) Datu Fuad Abdulla KiramDayang Dayang Emelee Kiram Dayang Dayang Parmaisuli A. Kiram-Guerzon
Genealogical chart
See also
Princess Tarhata Kiram
External links
Royal House of Sulu
Line of Succession of the Sultans of Sulu of the Modern Era as published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines