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Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986

The aftermath of colonialism marked the end of a long-standing and glorious Sultanate of Sulu when it finally lost its power and supremacy under the newly-independent Philippines government. Even after the Philippines finally achieved its independence in 1946, the Sultanate of Sulu again failed to r...

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Main Authors: Norizan Kadir,, Suffian Mansor,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11270/1/16225-61636-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11270/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/949
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spelling my-ukm.journal.112702018-01-16T00:25:13Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11270/ Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986 Norizan Kadir, Suffian Mansor, The aftermath of colonialism marked the end of a long-standing and glorious Sultanate of Sulu when it finally lost its power and supremacy under the newly-independent Philippines government. Even after the Philippines finally achieved its independence in 1946, the Sultanate of Sulu again failed to revive its old “kerajaan” as it had been abolished by the Philippines government in 1937. As the sultans and his followers had the historical experience regarding the idea of “kesultanan” and other socio-political concepts, the newly-introduced concept namely the nation-state whereby the idea of the boundary and a new nation was created making the traditional sultanate in desperation to sustain their sovereignty and power. The desperation to re-establish and revive their old glorious “kerajaan” eventually turned into a struggle and rigorous attempts to claim Sabah. Hence, this article aims to illustrate the survival of the Sultanate of Sulu after the death of the last sultan in 1936 and the efforts taken to preserve the sultanate within the modern nation-state system. The method of research used in this study involved library and archival research to obtain primary and secondary sources. Among the primary sources consulted in the study include British records, agreements, correspondence, newspapers, government gazettes, memoranda, speeches, and government official publications. Thus, this article lucidly concludes that various trends and approaches taken by the Sultan of Sulu and his heirs to claim Sabah were a part of their mission to sustain and revive the Sultanate of Sulu. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11270/1/16225-61636-1-PB.pdf Norizan Kadir, and Suffian Mansor, (2017) Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986. AKADEMIKA, 87 (3). pp. 125-138. ISSN 0126-5008 http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/949
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description The aftermath of colonialism marked the end of a long-standing and glorious Sultanate of Sulu when it finally lost its power and supremacy under the newly-independent Philippines government. Even after the Philippines finally achieved its independence in 1946, the Sultanate of Sulu again failed to revive its old “kerajaan” as it had been abolished by the Philippines government in 1937. As the sultans and his followers had the historical experience regarding the idea of “kesultanan” and other socio-political concepts, the newly-introduced concept namely the nation-state whereby the idea of the boundary and a new nation was created making the traditional sultanate in desperation to sustain their sovereignty and power. The desperation to re-establish and revive their old glorious “kerajaan” eventually turned into a struggle and rigorous attempts to claim Sabah. Hence, this article aims to illustrate the survival of the Sultanate of Sulu after the death of the last sultan in 1936 and the efforts taken to preserve the sultanate within the modern nation-state system. The method of research used in this study involved library and archival research to obtain primary and secondary sources. Among the primary sources consulted in the study include British records, agreements, correspondence, newspapers, government gazettes, memoranda, speeches, and government official publications. Thus, this article lucidly concludes that various trends and approaches taken by the Sultan of Sulu and his heirs to claim Sabah were a part of their mission to sustain and revive the Sultanate of Sulu.
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Suffian Mansor,
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Suffian Mansor,
Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
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Suffian Mansor,
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title Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
title_short Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
title_full Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
title_fullStr Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
title_full_unstemmed Reviving the Sultanate of Sulu through its claim over Sabah, 1962-1986
title_sort reviving the sultanate of sulu through its claim over sabah, 1962-1986
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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