The Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah ABOUT THE RHSSS We are in the service of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sabah under the benevolent reign of HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I, The Sultan of Sulu & The Sultan of Sabah, the 35th Sultan, Head of Islam and Head of Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah, after his late brother HM Sultan Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram, 34th Sultan (Sultan of Sulu & Sabah 1974-1986), and his late father HM Sultan Muhammad E. Kiram I, 33rd Sultan (Sultan of Sulu & Sabah 1947-1973). Our primary duty and concern are to present to the world the undeniable truth and facts about the Royal Sultanate of Sulu and Sabah . The Kingdom of Sulu was founded in 1390 but became the Sultanate of Sulu in 1457 while Sabah, Palawan including Spratly islands, were annexed in 1658 as the gifts eternal of the Sultan of Brunei to the Sultan of Sulu bestowing lawful ownership to the Sultan of Sulu and the Sultanate of Sulu to this day. Royal House of Sulu & Sabah and Royal House of Brunei, One Family that Fought Invasion of Spain for Centuries The Royal House of Sulu and Sabah and the Royal House of Brunei are related by blood as one family. From 1521 to 1690, the Sultans of Sulu and Sultans of Brunei fought jointly the invasion and conquest of Spain in their dominions in Muslim Philippines to claw back Muslim territories conquered by force by Spain leading to the Muslim people being displaced, dispossessed and ejected from their lands and properties in the Philippines, till the Muslims only occupy a very small portion of Mindanao to this modern day. From the beginning, Rajah Lapu-Lapu or Kaliph Pulaka (a Muslim royal prince in the Visayas), killed Spain’s explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 on Mactan island near Cebu. Rajah Suleiman (raja muda, crown prince of Brunei and son of the Brunei Sultan), Muslim royal ruler of Manila with his brave and courageous Bruneian and Tausug warriors, defended valiantly the Manila invasion of Don Miguel Lopez Dux de Legazpi on 3 June 1571 (first Spanish governor general) but Rajah/ Datu/ Pengiran Suleiman -- the son and crown prince of the Brunei Sultan was heavily wounded and the Manila Muslim capital of Luzon fell to the superior firepower and cannons of de Legazpi. Whereupon de Legazpi built his fortress called "Intramoros" as he used the Muslim captives as slaves to build it that became Intramuros and so began the more than 300 years of Spanish conquest that was resisted by the Royal Sultanate of Sulu to the bitter end in 1898. Sultans of Sulu & Sabah Fought Spain Alone from 1691 to 1898 From 1691 to 1898, the Sultans of Sulu with his brave and courageous Tausug warriors fought singularly the Spanish conquest and invasion in the Philippines till Spain lost to the U.S.A. in the Spanish American War in Cuba in 1898. Spain did not Conquer, USA Two Massacres of Muslims in 1906 & 1913, Japan Failed to Conquer in World War II The Royal Sultanate of Sulu is known to the world as the “Unconquered Kingdom” as it was never conquered by the Spaniards ever since they arrived in the Philippines in 1521 (up to their departure in 1898) and it defied the USA occupation from 1898 to 1946 that resulted in massacres of tens of thousands of Muslim Tausugs by the US Army in Bud Dajo 1906 carried out by the troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood called the Butcher of Bud Dajo and by the Exterminator of Bud Bagsak -- Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing who commanded the US Army killing of thousands of Muslim Tausugs that included helpless women and children. The USA as a new world power being unchecked carried out ruthless killing of countless Muslims that will live in infamy on its first major incursion in the Muslim world. The Japanese also failed to conquer the Royal Sultanate as its first invasion force was killed one by one by the Tausugs during their march in Asia in World War II, till the Japanese Army withdrew ifs forces in Sulu and never returned, but they conquered the Philippines, as Sulu is a kingdom of warriors, all consecrated in the defense of their beloved kingdom and their beloved Sultan. The Unconquered Kingdom Signed Treaties as Sovereign & Powerful State The sovereign Kingdom of Sulu founded in 1390 was transformed into the Sultanate of Sulu in 1457 to this day. As proof of its sovereign status as a powerful Kingdom and Sultanate it signed treaties and was recognized by China in 1417, U.S.A. on 5th February 1842, France on 20th February 1845, U.S.A. again on 20th August 1899 entitled the Bates Treaty and also other treaties with Portugal, Holland, Great Britain and Spain. The Americans occupied the Sultanate with disastrous consequences as a result of the 1898 Treaty of Paris as enumerated below: Spain Fraudulently Included the Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah in the 1898 Treaty of Paris Spain unlawfully included the Sultanate of Sulu as part of the Philippines when Spain signed the 1898 Treaty of Paris, that was a treaty of surrender by Spain to the U.S.A., as Spain lost the Spanish American War in Cuba in 1898. Spain ceded/ sold its possessions of Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines . Spain did not conquer and did not own the Sultanate of Sulu unlike the Philippines, so Spain had no right to sell it to the U.S.A. The Americans, misled by Spain and worried on the inclusion of the Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, compelled HM Sultan Haji Mohammad Jamalul Kiram II (Sultan 1893-1936, brother of the grandfather of Sultan Fuad I), to sign the Bates Treaty on 20th August 1899. The Bates Treaty was proof absolute that the 1898 Treaty of Paris was unlawful and questionable in relation to the Article ceding the Sultanate to the U.S.A. The 1899 Bates Treaty Guaranteed Sovereignty & Protection of the Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah by the Americans The 20 August 1899 Bates Treaty stipulated the guaranteed and continued sovereignty and enshrined the Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah as a United States Protectorate. However, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt singularly abrogated and terminated the 1899 Bates Treaty on 2nd March 1904, without informing and without the consent of the Sultan of Sulu & Sabah, making the said termination of the U.S.A. null and void and not valid because, as per Law of Treaties and based on International Law, no one party can terminate a treaty without the knowledge and consent of the other party. Therefore, based on the Law of Treaties under International Law, the 20th August 1899 Bates Treaty signed by the U.S.A. will show and point to the truth that the Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah is still a sovereign state and a United States Protectorate today. But Sultan Fuad I and the Royal Cabinet favor an Autonomy/ Protectorate Status similar to Aland Suomi Islands of Finland. Sultan Fuad I respects the actual view of the international community of nations and the Philippine government that the sovereignty of Sulu archipelago and Sabah is vested to the Republic of the Philippines (without consent by the people of the Sultanate). However, due to historical facts and aforementioned legal evidence, he does not agree with this view and he and his committed supporters work for the full restoration of sovereignty of the Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah by peaceful means. Sovereignty, as we see it, can be achieved initially by the Royal Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah having an Autonomy/ Protectorate Status like Aland Suomi of Finland. Malaysia Illegally Occupied Sabah From 1963 to This Day & Our Policy to Recover Sabah Sabah and the island of Palawan plus Spratlys were gifts eternal by the Sultan of Brunei to the Sultan of Sulu in 1658 that became the properties of the Sultan of Sulu and the Sultanate of Sulu in 1658 to this day. Sabah was illegally and unlawfully occupied by Malaysia since 1963 without the consent of the lawful owners namely the Sultan of Sulu and the good people of the Sultanate of Sulu. It is the stated policy of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and its beloved people and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) a Permanent Observer Member of the OIC to recover Sabah from the illegal occupation of Malaysia. Fake Sultans & Impostors Since the death of the 34th Sultan, HM Sultan Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram in 1986, many impostors and fake sultans of Sulu and Sabah without rights installed themselves “sultans” because of greed and personal vested interests. Many of them are funded by Malaysia to confuse people and stop the Sabah recovery efforts of HM Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I and the MNLF along with many thousands Patriots to Recover Sabah from Malaysia, globally. These fake sultans are not sons of His Majesty Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I (Sultan 1947 to 1973), thus they are bogus, impostors and fake sultans. They just want to make money out of the Sabah issue and/or claim the deposited assets of the late Sultan of Sulu and Sabah in foreign banks. We are duty-bound to expose these fake sultans to right the wrong, as these impostors are not related to the Royal Kiram blood line of succession of the Royal House of Sulu and Sabah and/ or the Royal Kiram Sultans, as they are not the sons and are not lawful successors to the late HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I (33rd Sultan of Sulu and Sabah 1947 to 1973). To be the Sultan of Sulu and Sabah, the successor must be the son of the Sultan because to be Sultan is from father to son only as prescribed by law of primogeniture. By primogeniture the son of the late HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I is his last son His Majesty Sultan Fuad A. Kiram I, the Sultan of Sulu and Sabah. Also as a vital part of the Law of Succession of the Royal House of Sulu and Sabah that the successor must have at least five (5) ancestors who were consecutive Sultans of Sulu and Sabah. HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I, the True & Legitimate Sultan Only HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I, the 35th Sultan, fulfilled these sacred, vital and necessary requirements of the Royal Law of Succession of the Royal Family of Sulu and Sabah. In 2012, the Sultanate of Sulu is 622 years old. Forr 189 years, the Sultan of Sulu and Sabah since 1823, was a direct heir and direct blood line of the Kiram Royal Sultans from the time HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram I ascended to the throne of Sulu and Sabah and first used the surname of "Kiram" (he was the great ancestor of HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I and the primogenitor of the unbroken lineage of the Royal Kiram Family dynasty of the Royal House of Sulu and Sabah that exists to this day). OFFICIAL POLICY: "Reject Terrorism & Friendship with all Religions" The Vision and Official Policy of HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I wherein all activities of the Sultanate of Sulu and Sabah are based: “We Reject Terrorism and Pursue Peaceful Co-Existence with others and all religions of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Shintoism, Jewism, etc., through Peace, Unity, Brotherhood, Understanding, Harmony, and Stability in the Sultanate, the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region.” royalsulu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=2
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:36:24 +0000
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