Partially recognized sultans under the Philippines (1936–1986) '' of the Republic of the Philippines at the height of the
2013 Lahad Datu standoff. Any claimed political sovereignty of the sultanate was formally abolished in 1915, when Sultan
Jamalul Kiram II renounced his remaining territories to the
Insular Government. Its successor state, the
Philippines, became a republic which repeatedly attested in its constitutions that no titles of royalty or nobility are recognized. Any payments and recognition of the Sultanate of Sulu from the Philippine government ceased in 1936, after the death of the last sultan. Despite this, some administrations of the Philippines have held dealings with the
House of Kiram. This has been inherently linked to the interests of the Philippines in the
North Borneo dispute: in return for some forms of recognition desired by the royal family (described as a "symbolic reenactment of the sultanate"), the Philippines emboldened their claim to the territory of what is now
Sabah, which would form
Malaysia in 1963. Marcos' act also acted as an attempt to reduce the
Moro National Liberation Front's growing influence in the region. The descendants of the royal family have also laid their own claim to Sabah, as seen most dramatically in the
2013 Lahad Datu standoff and later in the
Malaysia Sulu case. They are still recognised and honoured as
de facto royalty by the people in Sulu. • Muizuddin Jainal Abirin Bahjin == Genealogical chart ==