Sultanate of Sulu
E458395
The Sultanate of Sulu was a historic Muslim maritime kingdom in the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its influential role in regional trade, politics, and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sultanate of Sulu canonical | 25 |
| Sultanate of Sulu (sphere of influence) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4606460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultanate of Sulu Context triple: [Moro, historicalPolities, Sultanate of Sulu]
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A.
Kingdom of Soppeng
The Kingdom of Soppeng was a prominent Bugis principality in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its role in regional politics, trade, and cultural development before and during the early colonial period.
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B.
Biak-na-Bato Republic
The Biak-na-Bato Republic was a short-lived revolutionary government established by Filipino revolutionaries in 1897 as an early attempt to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Sultanate of Pahang
The Sultanate of Pahang was a historic Malay Islamic kingdom on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, known for its strategic trading position and role in regional politics from the 15th century onward.
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D.
Johor Sultanate
The Johor Sultanate was a powerful Malay maritime kingdom that emerged in the 16th century as a successor to the Malacca Sultanate, dominating trade and politics in the southern Malay Peninsula and surrounding regions.
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E.
Pattani Sultanate
The Pattani Sultanate was a historic Malay Muslim kingdom in the southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, known as a major regional center of trade, Islamic scholarship, and culture from the late medieval period until its decline under Siamese domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sultanate of Sulu Target entity description: The Sultanate of Sulu was a historic Muslim maritime kingdom in the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its influential role in regional trade, politics, and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Kingdom of Soppeng
The Kingdom of Soppeng was a prominent Bugis principality in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, known for its role in regional politics, trade, and cultural development before and during the early colonial period.
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B.
Biak-na-Bato Republic
The Biak-na-Bato Republic was a short-lived revolutionary government established by Filipino revolutionaries in 1897 as an early attempt to gain independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Sultanate of Pahang
The Sultanate of Pahang was a historic Malay Islamic kingdom on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, known for its strategic trading position and role in regional politics from the 15th century onward.
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D.
Johor Sultanate
The Johor Sultanate was a powerful Malay maritime kingdom that emerged in the 16th century as a successor to the Malacca Sultanate, dominating trade and politics in the southern Malay Peninsula and surrounding regions.
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E.
Pattani Sultanate
The Pattani Sultanate was a historic Malay Muslim kingdom in the southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, known as a major regional center of trade, Islamic scholarship, and culture from the late medieval period until its decline under Siamese domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic state
ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ historical polity ⓘ maritime kingdom ⓘ sultanate ⓘ |
| capital |
Jolo
ⓘ
Maimbung ⓘ |
| claim | sovereignty over North Borneo (Sabah) ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Spanish Empire
ⓘ
Sultanate of Maguindanao ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryToday |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| currency |
Spanish–Philippine peso
ⓘ
piloncitos ⓘ |
| economy |
maritime trade
ⓘ
pearling ⓘ slave trade ⓘ trade in birds’ nests ⓘ trade in sea cucumbers ⓘ |
| endTime |
1915
ⓘ
1936 ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Iranun
ⓘ
Sama‑Bajau ⓘ
linked to:
Sama-Bajau peoples
Tausūg ⓘ Yakan ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Sharif ul‑Hashim ⓘ |
| founder | Sharif ul‑Hashim ⓘ |
| governmentType |
Islamic monarchy
ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sultanate of Brunei
ⓘ
linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
|
| lease | 1878 lease of North Borneo to British interests ⓘ |
| legacy |
modern Sulu royal claimants
ⓘ
ongoing Sabah territorial dispute ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Islamic law (Sharia) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sulu Archipelago
ⓘ
north‑eastern Borneo ⓘ parts of Mindanao ⓘ parts of Palawan ⓘ southern Philippines ⓘ |
| majorPort |
Jolo
ⓘ
Zamboanga (as external trading port) ⓘ
linked to:
Port of Zamboanga
|
| notableRuler |
Azim ud‑Din I
ⓘ
Badar ud‑Din II ⓘ
linked to:
Azim ud‑Din I
Jamalul Kiram II ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan of Sulu
Jamalul Kiram III ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan of Sulu
|
| officialLanguage |
Malay language
ⓘ
Tausūg language ⓘ |
| partOf | Moro historical polities ⓘ |
| populationGroup | Moro people ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousRole | center of Islamic learning in the southern Philippines ⓘ |
| role |
spread of Islam in Mindanao
ⓘ
spread of Islam in the Sulu Archipelago ⓘ spread of Islam to parts of Borneo ⓘ |
| startTime |
15th century
ⓘ
c. 1450 ⓘ |
| successorState |
Commonwealth of the Philippines
ⓘ
Philippine Islands (U.S. colonial administration) ⓘ
linked to:
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
Republic of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to:
Philippines
|
| symbol |
royal kris
ⓘ
yellow royal flag ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Brunei
ⓘ
linked to:
Brunei Darussalam
China ⓘ Makassar ⓘ Spanish Philippines ⓘ
linked to:
Philippines
|
| treaty |
Carpenter Agreement of 1915
ⓘ
Kiram–Carpenter Agreement ⓘ Treaty of 1878 with Spain ⓘ |
| tributaryTo |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Jawi script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sultanate of Sulu Description of subject: The Sultanate of Sulu was a historic Muslim maritime kingdom in the southern Philippines and nearby regions, known for its influential role in regional trade, politics, and the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.