Sultanate of Sulu

State · 1459–1879 CE · at its largest around 1748 CE

A Muslim sultanate in the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines, also holding parts of northern Borneo, which was a regional maritime power before coming under Spanish and later American control.

On its lands while it lasted

• Maimbung (c. 1459 CE): Capital of Sultanate of Sulu (1459–1879).
• Bulungan (c. 1734 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bulungan (1734–1747).

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