Sultan Esmail Kiram II died Saturday at a hospital in southern Zamboanga city. He was 76. He left an order for his followers to pursue a claim to Sabah state in neighboring Malaysia, according to ...

Esmail Kiram II, who has died aged 75, was the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu, a tiny archipelago province of the Philippines that, in 2013, staged an invasion of the Malaysian enclave of Sabah on ...

Esmail Kiram II was the self-proclaimed sultan of Sulu who encouraged a last-ditch, violent effort two years ago to regain part of the Malaysian island of Borneo for the Philippines. Although he ...

Sultan Esmail Kiram II died at age 76 late Saturday at a hospital in the southern Philippines. According to spokesman Abraham Idjirani, he left an order for his sultanate to pursue a claim to ...

Kiram’s family said he would be buried in his hometown of Maimbung in Sulu. He had eight children with two wives and will likely be replaced by a younger brother, Esmail Kiram II, in a ...

the nine principal heirs of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II were Datu Punjungan Kiram, Datu Esmail Kiram, Dayang Dayang Piandao Kiram, Dayang Dayang Sitti Rada Kiram, Princess Tarhata Kiram, Princess ...

MANILA, Philippines – Sulu Sultan Bantilan Esmail Kiram II defended President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, saying his administration has never abandoned them. “I don’t believe President ...

Mr. Kiram’s family said he would be buried in his hometown of Maimbung in Sulu. He is survived by eight children and is likely to be replaced by a younger brother, Esmail Kiram II, in a ...

Kiram’s family said he would be buried in his hometown of Maimbung in Sulu. He had eight children with two wives and will likely be replaced by a younger brother, Esmail Kiram II, in a ...