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SULTANATE OF SULU, "THE UNCONQUERED KINGDOM" “The Spaniards never subdued the inhabitants who they called ‘Moros’, they were a fiercely independent people.” New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol. II, Copyright 1989, p. 381. His Majesty Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram (29th Reigning Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo/ Sabah from 1863 to 1881 -- the Sultan who leased Sabah to a British company in 1878, was the father of HM Sultan Badaruddin Kiram II (Sultan 1881 to 1886), HM Jamalul Kiram II (Sultan 1893 to 1936) and HM Sultan Mawallil Kiram (Sultan in 1936) receiving a French official delegation to discuss the terms of the Sale or Rental Agreement of the Island of Basilan with the Crown Prince and some Royal Datus and Cabinet Ministers. (Source:  Royal Family Archives) The Royal Palace of the Sultan of Sulu & Sabah in Darul Jambangan, Maimbung, Sulu before it was gutted by fire. This was the palace that withstood the continued assault of the Spanish troops from 1521 ...