Royal House of Sulu
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The current ruling royal house of Sulu is the Royal House of Kiram. The Royal House of Kiram.descends from Sultan Jamalul Kiram I, who was the Sultan of Sulu from 1823–1844.
Members of the royal house of Sulu.
hold the style of His/Her Royal Highness (HRH). The adopted members (their spouses and their children) of the Royal House of Sulu hold the style of His/Her Highness (HH).
The flag’s proportions are 2:3, although, when flown together with the flag of the Republic of Philippines or in other similar occasions, it may be of the proportions 1:2.
The proportions of the main elements are established in two separate draughts.
The shield is ensigned with the songkok [ceremonial cap] of the sultan, above which on a wreath Argent and Azure for the crest is set Zulfiqar Argent, its hilt and pommel Or turned upwards, its blades enclosing a pearl Argent.
For supporters are set two sea-tigers embowed and guardant Or, langued Gules and striped Sable; that to the dexter holding in his sinister paw a keris Argent hilted Or, and that to the sinister, in his dexter paw, a spear Argent hafted Or.
The shield is surrounded with the collar of the royal order of the pearl.
The Royal robe (which is Vert, bordered twice Azure and Argent with double flames Or set on the borders’ lengthwise partition, lined Argent, corded and tasseled Or) is ensigned with the Royal crown of Sulu. Above and behind the crown, the State Gonfanon is issuant, which is represented as a traditional sail-flag [sambulayan] Vert, bearing a chief enhanced per fess Azure and Argent, and two flames Or, each charged with a smaller flame per fess Azure and Argent, issuant over the stripe.
The sambulayan is adorned with pleated edges Or instead of a fringe, and surmounted with a small standard Vert ensigned with the inflamed crescent and star emblem Or; at the sides, the sambulayan’s horizontal staff is pommetty Or and corded of the same, with small triangular flags Gules sans nombre adorning the cords.
For the motto, “TUBUH SUG SARAYAW RAYAW” is written in characters Sable on a ribbon Or, which ribbon is placed below the shield; and for the slogan, “LABI MARAYAW” is written in characters Argent on a ribbon Gules, which ribbon is placed above the Gonfanon.
Besides the bloodline children royal house of Sulu includes:
Members of the royal house of Sulu.
hold the style of His/Her Royal Highness (HRH). The adopted members (their spouses and their children) of the Royal House of Sulu hold the style of His/Her Highness (HH).
The official flag of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu
The flag of the sultanate is bright red and bears the highly stylized image of the Gateway to Mecca (which constitutes the main territorial symbol in the coat of arms of the sultanate) and below it, the State badge of the Sultanate, the keris and spear, both turned from the hoist. The canton of green bears the image of the inflamed crescent and star (shown in its full colours, that is, the crescent and the star are white and the flames are yellow) as well as two equal stripes, of blue and of white, at the hoist. Below the canton, a roundel white is placed as a representation of the pearl.The flag’s proportions are 2:3, although, when flown together with the flag of the Republic of Philippines or in other similar occasions, it may be of the proportions 1:2.
The proportions of the main elements are established in two separate draughts.
The official coat of arms of the royal sultanate of Sulu
Tierced per pale: Vert, a crescent Argent with a flame Or issuant from its interior, enclosing a five-rayed star of the second (the arms of devotion, borne also for the religious authority of the sultans as well as for the royal house of Kiram); Gules, a gateway represented as two pillars Argent set on a doorstep of the same and above, by Zulfiqar also Argent, hilt and pommel in chief Or and blades resting on the pillars (“the Gateway to Mecca”, for the Royal Sultanate of Sulu); and Vert, a Borneo roofed boat Or ensigned by a fringed umbrella Argent (for the part of Royal Sultanate of Sulu known as the territory of North Borneo).The shield is ensigned with the songkok [ceremonial cap] of the sultan, above which on a wreath Argent and Azure for the crest is set Zulfiqar Argent, its hilt and pommel Or turned upwards, its blades enclosing a pearl Argent.
For supporters are set two sea-tigers embowed and guardant Or, langued Gules and striped Sable; that to the dexter holding in his sinister paw a keris Argent hilted Or, and that to the sinister, in his dexter paw, a spear Argent hafted Or.
The shield is surrounded with the collar of the royal order of the pearl.
The Royal robe (which is Vert, bordered twice Azure and Argent with double flames Or set on the borders’ lengthwise partition, lined Argent, corded and tasseled Or) is ensigned with the Royal crown of Sulu. Above and behind the crown, the State Gonfanon is issuant, which is represented as a traditional sail-flag [sambulayan] Vert, bearing a chief enhanced per fess Azure and Argent, and two flames Or, each charged with a smaller flame per fess Azure and Argent, issuant over the stripe.
The sambulayan is adorned with pleated edges Or instead of a fringe, and surmounted with a small standard Vert ensigned with the inflamed crescent and star emblem Or; at the sides, the sambulayan’s horizontal staff is pommetty Or and corded of the same, with small triangular flags Gules sans nombre adorning the cords.
For the motto, “TUBUH SUG SARAYAW RAYAW” is written in characters Sable on a ribbon Or, which ribbon is placed below the shield; and for the slogan, “LABI MARAYAW” is written in characters Argent on a ribbon Gules, which ribbon is placed above the Gonfanon.
Royal house
- HRH Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram
HRH Dayang Dayang Mellany S. Kiram- HRH Maharaja Adinda Moh. Ehsn S. Kiram (The Raja Muda's eldest son)
- HRH Datu Nizamuddin S.Kiram
- HRH Dayang Dayang Rahela S.Kiram
- HRH Datu Jihad S.Kiram
- HRH Datu Mujahid S.Kiram
- HRH Dayang Dayang Redha S.Kiram
- HRH Datu Mahakuttah S.Kiram
Besides the bloodline children royal house of Sulu includes:
- Adopted children and grandchildren of the Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram and their spouses:
- HH Datu Patrick E. M. McCleary
- HH Datu Andres Linholm
HH Dayang Dayang Suwicha Linholm- HH Dayang Dayang Sophia-Elizabeth Linholm
- The Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's sisters and uncles and their spouses:
- HRH Dayang Dayang Zuharra T. Kiram Mohammad
Mr. Hadji Pyzar Mohammad - HRH Dayang Dayang Dinwasa T. Kiram Delos-Santos
Mr. Noel Delos-Santos - HRH Datu Yldon Tan Kiram
HRH Dayang Dayang Myrla Sacapanyo Kiram - HRH Dayang Dayang Nur Mahal T.Kiram
- HRH Dayang Dayang Ayesha T. Kiram
- HRH Dayang Dayang Tanya Rowena T. Kiram-Tahil
Mr. Kimal Tahil
- HRH Dayang Dayang Zuharra T. Kiram Mohammad
- The Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's uncles and aunts and their spouses:
- HRH Dayang Dayang Jamdatul Kiram (widow of the Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram's uncle HRH Datu Iskader A. Kiram)
- HRH Datu Faud Abdulla Kiram
Dayang Dayang Emelee Kiram - HRH Dayang Dayang Parmaisuli A. Kiram-Guerzon
Professor Noel Cox, Aberystwyth University (UK), Law and Criminology, Head of Department , LLB LLM (Hons), MTheol (Hons), PhD (Auckland), MA (Lambeth), LTh (Lampeter), GradDipTertTchg (AUT), FRHistS opinion regarding Sovereignty of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu
External links
- The Royal House of Sulu – The official website of the Royal House of Sulu
- The Social World of The Tausug The Social World of The Tausug, 1973, Juanito A. Bruno