Abstract
Now, in order to know a country well, we study history because history is the story of a country and its people. "Hubbul watan minal iman." (Love of nation is part of faith.) [Hadith] "He who does not look back to where he came from will not know where he is going." (Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paruruunan.) So, goes a famous saying.
Long ago, sovereign ra'ayat of Sultanate were united as a nation lived in a defined territory under one name. When outsiders came, they refer the country as "Sulu Sultanate."
Based on historical account, Jolo was already a city when the Spaniards came to introduce Christianity. Historians described Jolo seaport as a "Super Port." Jolo was the center of business and international trading with neighboring ASEAN and Middle East countries. When Magellan established the first Spanish settlement in Cebu, Manila was still wilderness, but not Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago. The inhabitants were ruled by a government they call sultanate. The Sultanate of Sulu is, until today recognized as an independent and sovereign state.