Plate I. First page of an original manuscript copy of the Luwaran 64 II. Second page of an original manuscript copy of the Luwaran 64 III. Third page of an original manuscript copy of the Luwaran 64 IV. Fourth page of an original manuscript copy of the Luwaran 64 V. First page of the Sulu Code made and used by Sultan Jamalu-l-A'lam 90 VI. Second page of the Sulu Code made and used by Sultan Jamalu-l-A'lam 90 VII. Third page of the Sulu Code made and used by Sultan Jamalu-l-A'lam 90 VIII. Fourth page of the Sulu Code made and used by Sultan Jamalu-l-A'lam 90 IX. First page of the new Sulu Code in the Sulu dialect 94 X. Second page of the new Sulu Code in the Sulu dialect 94 XI. First page of the Sulu oration for the feast of Ramadan 102 XII. Second page of the Sulu oration for the feast of Ramadan 102 XIII. Third page of the Sulu oration for the feast of Ramadan 102 XIV. First page of the Sulu Friday oration 106 XV. Second page of the Sulu Friday oration 106 XVI. Third page of the Sulu Friday oration 106 Diagrams No. 1. Rulers of Bwayan from the first datu, Mamu 22 2. Rulers of Bwayan from Maytum, to the present time 22 3. Rulers of Magindanao from Kabungsuwan to Sultan Pakir Mawlana Kamza 36 4. Rulers of Magindanao from Sultan Pakir Mawlana Kamza to the present time 36 5. Rulers of Bagumbayan from Raja Bwayan 48 CHAPTER I HISTORY OF MAGINDANAO MAGINDANAO HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES INTRODUCTION The history of Mindanao prior to the advent of Islam is traditional and mythological, and no effort has been made to put it on record. With Islam came knowledge, art, and civilization. A new system of government was instituted and its records were registered. Tarsila [1] were written and the noble lineage of the datus was carefully kept. Each sultanate or datuship kept a separate genealogy. These genealogies, called tarsila or salsila, were very limited in their scope and brief in their narration of events. They are our only source of written information on the early history of the Moros, and are valuable on that account. Previously the Moros withheld these tarsila and kept them away from all foreigners and non-Mohammedans; but their attitude has changed lately, and several different salsila were secured from the chief datus of the Rio Grande Valley.