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Letters of the Sultanate of Sulu
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9789715381925
- Availability
- Out of print
No longer sold new: look for it in a library, or for a used copy.
About the book
The Sulu Sultanate’s own correspondence in Jawi, transcribed and translated in two volumes: letters to Spain, Britain and its own datus from the last century of its independence.
This work presents letters of the Sultanate of Sulu in the Tausug language, written in Jawi and in roman script, with English translations and notes in English. The first volume covers the sultanate itself (Kasultanan). The second has sections for the datus (Kadatuan), the hajis (Kahadjian) and others.
The compiler, Samuel K. Tan, was a historian of Chinese, Tausug and Sama parentage, born in Siasi, Sulu, in 1933. He taught history at the University of the Philippines, led its Mindanao Studies Program and chaired the National Historical Institute, which published the work in 2005.
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Cover from Open Library, shown to identify the book; its rights stay with the publisher.
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