Reign 1520–1543 Predecessor none | Burial (unknown)(unknown) Name Sharif Kabungsuwan | |
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Successor Sultan Maka-alang Saripada Spouse Angintabo (Maranao princess) Wife Daughter of Macaapun Rajah Simbaan of MalabangMasawang (Angintabo's niece) Children Dayang Daragat, Aloyodan, Layagun Parents Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Jukarnain of Malacca, Daughter of Sultan Iskandar Zhulkarnain of Malacca | ||
Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan (Malay: Muhammad Kebungsuwan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسووان) was the first Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines. A native of Johore in Maritime Southeast Asia, Kabungsuwan re-settled in Mindanao in the Philippines where he preached Islam to the native tribes around the region.
Kabungsuwan traded in T'buk (old name of Malabang) Malabang, Lanao, married to the native princess of Iranun.
Kabungsuwan was of Arab-Malay ethnicity. He married a local princess and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao in the 16th century. The sultanate was usually centered in the valley of Cotabato.
The former province of Shariff Kabunsuan in the Philippines was named after him.
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