LINE OF SUCCESSION OF THE SULTANS OF SULU OF THE MODERN ERA*

Note: All dates are reigns of recognized Sultans. Reigns of Sultans are chronologically sequenced. Same ordinals mean they claimed to rule at the same time.

SULTAN JAMALUL KIRAM II

(1894 -1936)

Datu TambuyongSULTAN

ESMAIL KIRAM I(1950 - 1974)

6 other siblings

4 other siblings

Datu Punjungan

Kiram

RadaKiram

JaharaKiram

MariamKiram

Mora Napsa

SULTAN MAHAKUTTAH

KIRAM(1974 - 1986)

6 othersiblings

EsmailKiram II

Datu OmbraAmilbangsa

Dayang DayangHadji Pianda

Kiram

TarhataKiram

Datu Buyungan Sakinurin

Kiram

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Datu Muedzul

Lail Tan Kiram

1st 2nd

4th

5th 6th 6th6th

6th

3rd 3rd

Sultan

9 Principal heirs of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II

Direct descendants

Adopted heirs

LEGEND

SpouseRaja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram and his followers

landed in Lahad Datu village in Sabah on

February 12, 2013; he is the Crown Prince of the

claimant Sultan Jamalul Kiram III

Datu Tambuyong chose Datu Buyungan,

his brother and husband of Tarhata

Kiram, as Crown Prince

Proclaimed Sultan but died before being crowned

Former Crown Prince of Sultan Esmail Kiram I but was

stripped of his title

Granted title of Crown Prince following Datu

Punjungan

Crown Prince

Sultan - Designate

Claimant

SULTANMAWALLIL WASIT

(1936)

Jamalul Kiram III

DatuFuad Kiram

Agbimuddin Kiram

*LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Information presented here is based on public accounts and documents. This does not constitute an official genealogical chart. It does not include all possible descendants to the Sultanate of Sulu. This is not a statement of the official position of the Republic of the Philippines.

A descendant of Sultan Shakirul

Lah who reigned in 1821 - 1823;

distant relative of Sultan Jamalul

Kiram II