Department of the Interior Ethnological Survey Publications Volume IV, Part II THE HISTORY OF SULU By NAJEEB M. SALEEBY Manila Bureau of Public Printing 1908 CONTENTS PART II Page. Preface 117 Chapter I Geographical Description of the Sulu Archipelago 121 In general 121 Island of Sulu 127 Geographical features 127 Principal coast settlements 129 Districts of the island 131 Town of Jolo 133 General plan, buildings and streets 133 Trade 137 Population 144 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