These two orders represent the best opinions of the Saraya or upper valley, but there is no doubt that both of them are wrong. The order of Sharif Ali is, generally speaking, nearer the truth. From an examination of the records the following order seems the best of all: 1. Raja Sirungan 2. Datu Maputi 3. Tambingag 4. Datu Tapudi 5. Baratamay 6. Sabaraba 7. Malang 8. Manuk 9. Sakandar 10. Maytum Sultan Kayib given by Sharif Ali probably is Baratamay. There is no indication in the records that Tamay, Burhan, Jamalu-l-Alam, and Banswil were ever rajas of Bwayan, as Sharif Afdal seems to think. The records that seem most reliable are those in the possession of Datu Mastura, which are herein translated. The missing link, as far as these records and the notes of the author are concerned, is the relation between Sultan Maytum and his predecessors. Common opinion declares him to be a son of Pakir Mawlana, but this does not seem probable, and it is certainly not in the records of Magindanao, though these are reasonably accurate and complete. Sharif Ali, in his list, makes no distinction between a successor and a son; most people have the same idea, which is very misleading, to say the least. From the facts obtainable it seems probable that Sultan Maytum was the son of either Sultan Sakandar of Rakungan or Datu Maputi, the uncle of Sakandar. This is corroborated by the fact that the chief line of descent has been in the line of Datu Maputi, the son of Raja Sirungan, and his grandson, Sabaraba. The opinion of the sheikh-a-datu of Mindanao is that Sultan Maytum was the son of Datu Maputi, who would be the most eligible to the succession. Jamalu-l-Alam mentioned here is Sultan Kaharu-d-Din Kuda of Magindanao. Sahid Wapat, or Amiru-d-Din, is Sultan Japar Sadik Manamir of Magindanao. Mupat Batwa is Sultan Dipatwan Anwar. Pakih Mawlana Alimu-d-Din is Sultan Pakir Mawlana Kayru-d-Din Kamza. Panglu is Sultan Pakaru-d-Din. From Sultan Maytum down the succession is accurately known. The sultanate has evidently been divided. Marajanun or Bangun, the older brother, succeeded to Bwayan and all the country lying on the left bank of the Pulangi and the Sapakan Rivers and all the country between Sapakan and the lakes of Ligwasan and Bulawan. Bayaw, known as the sultan of Kudarangan, succeeded to Kudarangan and all the northern half of the sultanate. Datu Utu succeeded his father, Marajanun, and lived first at Bwayan. After the Terrero campaign of 1886 he moved to Sapakan. His full name is Sultan Anwaru-d-Din Utu. The sultan of Kudarangan was succeeded by his son, the sultan of Tambilawan. Tambilawan is the name of the sultan's residence and lies on the right bank of the Rio Grande a short distance above Kudarangan. The sultan of Tambilawan is a weak leader, and the chief power of the land has fallen to his brother, Datu Ali, who is a noted warrior among the Moros. LITERAL TRANSLATION OF MANUSCRIPT NO. II