Jamalul Kiram II Quotes
1st, we ask not to put yokes on our necks that we cannot bear, and don't make us do what is against our religion, and don't ask us to pay poll tax forever and ever as long as there is sun and moon, and don't ask taxes for land which are our rights of the Moro people, including all that grows (is planted) in Jolo and its islands.
Sulu was an autonomous island province of the Philippines and at the time, the Philippines were governed by the United States.
Jamalul Kiram II, 1863-1936, Sultan of Sulu, Letter to American Governor-General Luke E. Wright, April 1904
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Jamalul Kiram II was Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo (ruled 1894–1915). During his long reign, he signed several treaties with different nations. He served under both Spain and America.
