Jamalul Kiram III, the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu based in the Philippines who earlier this year ordered his followers led by one of his brothers to reclaim the eastern state of Sabah from ...

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III recently made headlines as the sultan who won't give up Sabah, but his name first became familiar to the public in 2007, when he ran for senator under the ticket of former ...

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, whose bid to restore Sulu sovereignty over Malaysia’s Sabah state in February led to clashes that killed at least 62 people, has died. He was 75.

MANILA, Philippines (2nd Update) – Jamalul Kiram III, leader of the Sultanate of Sulu, died Sunday morning, October 20, of organ failure at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City, his ...

Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's family coat of arms In 1993 Kiram had threatened to wage a jihad (holy war) to secure Sabah if Malaysia did not recognise his sovereignty over the disputed state and pay ...

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III answers questions from reporters at his house in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines.

A Philippine sultan whose armed followers invaded a vast Malaysian region, sparking a security crisis that left dozens of people dead earlier this year, died Sunday of multiple organ failure. He ...

ESMAIL KIRAM II. Sultan 9-11-1939 – 19-9-2015. 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 ...

Jamalul Kiram III, a Philippine sultan whose armed followers invaded a vast Malaysian region and sparked a security crisis in February that left dozens dead, died Oct. 20 at a Philippine hospital.

Jamalul Kiram III was the dispossessed Sultan of Sulu who struggled to reclaim the riches his predecessors lost to the British Empire. UK News Website of the Year 2024. News ...