Career
He assumed the political and spiritual leadership of the realm, and was given the title Sultan, and was also the first Sultan of Sulu. During his reigning era, he promulgated the first Sulu code of laws called Diwan that were based on Quran. Very little is known about Sharif ul-Hashim"s early life.
Born in Johore (in present-day Malaysia), his proper name was known to be Abu Bakr, while his regnal name was known as Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ulHashim, or "The Master (Paduka) His Majesty (Mahasari), Protector (Maulana) and (al) Sultan (Sultan), Sharif (Sharif) of (ul-) Hashim (Hashim)".
His regnal name is often shortened to Sharif ul-Hashim. The genealogy of Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim describes him as a descendant of Muhammad, through his paternal bloodline, Sayeed Zainul Abidin of Hadhramaut, Yemen, who belongs to the fourteenth generation of Hussain, the grandson of Muhammad.
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