class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Trade      137

Chapter II

Genealogy of Sulu      147

• Translator’s introduction      147
• Sulu author’s introduction      147
• Descendants of Asip      148
• Descendants of Tuan Masha’ika      149
• Original and later settlers of Sulu      149
• Sulu historical notes      151
  • Introduction      151
  • Sulu notes      152

Chapter III

Rise and Prosperity of Sulu      155

• Sulu before Islam      155
• Introduction of Islam and the rise of a Mohammedan dynasty in Sulu      158
• Establishment of the Mohammedan Church in Sulu and the reign of Abu Bakr      161
• Early days of the sultanate      163
  • Successors of Abu Bakr