Sultan Mawallil Wasit (1610–1650)
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I is reported to be the first Sulu Sultan to establish court at Dungon, Tawi-Tawi [1]. Who was he?
Before he became Sultan, he was known as Raja Bongsu to the Spaniards [ref]
Genealogy
Was he a son of Sultan Hassan of Brunei? Was his mother the sister of Sultan Batara Shah Tengah, his predecessor?
In the Brunei Sarsila (Genealogy) on Royal Ark website, He is known as "Y.A.M. Raja Bongsu, Pangiran Adipati Agung" and "who succeeded as H.H. Paduka Maulana Maha Sri Sultan Muwali al-Wasit Shah, Sultan of Sulu (s/o Putri Sulu). Therefore his father was Sultan Muhammad Hassan, Sultan of Brunei from 1582 to 1598, who married a daughter of Sultan Muhammad al-Halim Buddiman, Sultan of Sulu and sister of Sultan Batara Shah Tengah [2]
Interestingly, his maternal grandfather Sultan Muhammad al-Halim married and therefore his maternal grandmother was a "Putri Brunei" daughter of Brunei Sultan 'Abdu'l Kahar Jalil ul-Alam [3].
Marriage
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I is reported to have married a Sulu Princess (Putri Sulu), perhaps a distant cousin. He was not alone, his younger brother Pangiran Shahbandar Maharaja Laila also married another Putri Sulu. [9]
Royal Ascend
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I became the 9th Sulu Sultan succeeding his uncle Sultan Batara Shah Tengah. [ref] He reigned for about forty (40) years between 1610 and 1650 [4].
In his 3rd decade in power and with the Capture of Jolo by the Spaniards in 1638, he moved his royal court to Dungon [ref]. Thus he was in power and governing the state from Dungon for 12 years until his death! [ref]
Brothers in Power
He became Sulu Sultan 12 years after his eldest brother became Raja Tua 'Abdu'l Jalil [5] become Brunei Sultan Abdu'l Jalil ul-Akbar in 1598 and reigned up to 1659 [6].
Another older brother Raja Tengah Ibrahim disputed Raja Tua 'Abdu'l Jalil's claim to the throne, was expelled from Brunei and "eventually establishing his rule over parts of Sarawak, under the title of Sultan Anum Ibrahim 'Ali 'Umar Shah". [7]
Another older brother Raja Muhammad 'Ali eventually become Brunei Sultan Haji Muhammad 'Ali (1660 - 1661) ten years after the demise of Sultan Muwallil Wasit [8].
For more about Sultan Muwallil Wasit I parents, children and grandchildren, please click here -
http://historicaldungon.blogspot.com/2015/08/sultan-muwallil-wasit-i-parents.html
References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Sulu
[2] http://www.royalark.net/Brunei/brunei5.htm
[3] Ibid
[4] Same as [1]
[5] Same as [2]
[6] Ibid
[7] Ibid
[8] Ibid
[9] Ibid
Before he became Sultan, he was known as Raja Bongsu to the Spaniards [ref]
Genealogy
Was he a son of Sultan Hassan of Brunei? Was his mother the sister of Sultan Batara Shah Tengah, his predecessor?
In the Brunei Sarsila (Genealogy) on Royal Ark website, He is known as "Y.A.M. Raja Bongsu, Pangiran Adipati Agung" and "who succeeded as H.H. Paduka Maulana Maha Sri Sultan Muwali al-Wasit Shah, Sultan of Sulu (s/o Putri Sulu). Therefore his father was Sultan Muhammad Hassan, Sultan of Brunei from 1582 to 1598, who married a daughter of Sultan Muhammad al-Halim Buddiman, Sultan of Sulu and sister of Sultan Batara Shah Tengah [2]
Interestingly, his maternal grandfather Sultan Muhammad al-Halim married and therefore his maternal grandmother was a "Putri Brunei" daughter of Brunei Sultan 'Abdu'l Kahar Jalil ul-Alam [3].
Marriage
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I is reported to have married a Sulu Princess (Putri Sulu), perhaps a distant cousin. He was not alone, his younger brother Pangiran Shahbandar Maharaja Laila also married another Putri Sulu. [9]
Royal Ascend
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I became the 9th Sulu Sultan succeeding his uncle Sultan Batara Shah Tengah. [ref] He reigned for about forty (40) years between 1610 and 1650 [4].
In his 3rd decade in power and with the Capture of Jolo by the Spaniards in 1638, he moved his royal court to Dungon [ref]. Thus he was in power and governing the state from Dungon for 12 years until his death! [ref]
Brothers in Power
He became Sulu Sultan 12 years after his eldest brother became Raja Tua 'Abdu'l Jalil [5] become Brunei Sultan Abdu'l Jalil ul-Akbar in 1598 and reigned up to 1659 [6].
Another older brother Raja Tengah Ibrahim disputed Raja Tua 'Abdu'l Jalil's claim to the throne, was expelled from Brunei and "eventually establishing his rule over parts of Sarawak, under the title of Sultan Anum Ibrahim 'Ali 'Umar Shah". [7]
Another older brother Raja Muhammad 'Ali eventually become Brunei Sultan Haji Muhammad 'Ali (1660 - 1661) ten years after the demise of Sultan Muwallil Wasit [8].
For more about Sultan Muwallil Wasit I parents, children and grandchildren, please click here -
http://historicaldungon.blogspot.com/2015/08/sultan-muwallil-wasit-i-parents.html
References:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_Sulu
[2] http://www.royalark.net/Brunei/brunei5.htm
[3] Ibid
[4] Same as [1]
[5] Same as [2]
[6] Ibid
[7] Ibid
[8] Ibid
[9] Ibid
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