Dungon today is just one of the 17 barangays in the Municipality of Panglima Sugala, in the Philippines southernmost province of Tawi-Tawi.
Situated in the interior of Tawi-Tawi mainland, this remote and rural community of more than a hundred inhabitants and far from Bongao, the provincial capital, hides a glorious past.
In the olden days, twice it served as the alternate capital of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo. In the 17th Century when Spanish incursion threatened the functions of the state, several Sulu Sultans were reported to have taken refuge in the Tawi-Tawi interior.
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I (1610–1650), the 9th Sulu ruler, moved his royal court here after the Capture of Jolo by the Spaniards in 1638.
Situated in the interior of Tawi-Tawi mainland, this remote and rural community of more than a hundred inhabitants and far from Bongao, the provincial capital, hides a glorious past.
In the olden days, twice it served as the alternate capital of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo. In the 17th Century when Spanish incursion threatened the functions of the state, several Sulu Sultans were reported to have taken refuge in the Tawi-Tawi interior.
Sultan Muwallil Wasit I (1610–1650), the 9th Sulu ruler, moved his royal court here after the Capture of Jolo by the Spaniards in 1638.
The second time another Sulu Sultan came to Dungon was in 1732 with Sultan Badarud-Din I (1718–1732), who was known to the Spaniards as "Bigotillos" or "Barbillas,"" or as "el Rey Viejo de Tawi-Tawi" who eventually retired and died here and became to known as Sultan Dungun.
This blog is dedicated to re-living their stories, the place and their descendants, some who continue to live in the area and those scattered throughout the world.
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