The Rules of Succession

Sultan Sharif ul Hashim, who reigned from 1450 to 1480, decreed the rules of

succession in the sultanate.

1. “Bangsawan”—He must be descended from the first Sultan of Sulu.

2. “Ilmawan”—He must be a firm believer in Islam and must actively observe its
principles, or is a performing Muslim.

3. “Rupawan”—He must be an upright Muslim Royal Datu with good moral value,
physically and mentally fit, with exemplary character and a regal personality
befitting the head of the Sultanate.

4. “Altawan”—He must have enough wealth to uphold the dignity of the Sultanate
of Sulu.

5. “Umullan”—He must be of legal age and have wisdom and experience. He must
be a male heir of twenty one years of age and above.

6. “Astanah ha Lupah Sug”—He must be a resident of the Sultanate of Sulu.

7. “Nahinang Raja Mudah”- He must be a Raja Mudah or a crowned Prince.

ESMAIL KIRAM II

Esmail Kiram II, who was crowned in Jolo on March 12, 2001, is the sole and
rightful Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo. He satisfies all of the traditional rules of
succession, whereas no other member of the Kiram Family does, since all others
lack some if not most of the qualifying factors.

Sultan Esmail Kiram II was overwhelmingly endorsed by the rahyat of the

Sulu Archipelago. On April 7, 2005, the Crown Prince and Royal Datus issued a
statement of absolute recognition of Sultan Esmail Kiram II. Since his coronation,
he has commenced a tremendous diplomatic mission to remind world leaders,
especially in the ASEAN Region, that the Sulu Sultanate can serve as a critical
instrument for peace, development, and diplomacy.

The Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo suffers from many problems,
including a failed educational system, abysmal health care, terrible
infrastructure, and constant military turmoil. There have been many great
promises to Sulu, \but fewer results. In many ways, the people are worse off
today than when the Europeans found them five hundred years .

THE SULU SULTANATE ASSETS.

Datu Lajamura - May 23rd, 2006
THE SULU SULTANATE ASSETS: Estimated within USD$ 1.575 - 2.0 TRILLION +++,
from 5 SOURCES (Infos recovered in 2006).

1. Yamashita Treasure: Under Sultan Johan E.Kandau Account (210,000 Mertic

Tons of Gold Bullion to be split with 13 countries). The real Sultan of Sulu
will entitle to get USD$100 Billion for the whole Philippines & USD$100
Billion more for Brunei country. (*Someone said that even Sultan Hassanal
Bolkiah of Brunei could not entitle to get this monies of USD$100 Billions for
Brunei country).

2.The Sultan of Sulu Assets in the Philippines: 400,000 Metric Tons were kept in
Philippines Central Bank (Bangko Ang Philipinas) since 1949. If it will be claim by
the real Sultan of Sulu, the Philippines should pay it about USD$925 Billion +++ to
the real Sultan of Sulu.

3.The 8,000 Metric Tons of golds under the Trustee in Luxembourg, with estimated
worthy = USD$ 50 Billion.

4. The Assets of the Sulu Sultanate in 300 Banks around the world under the name
of "REV. GARCIA STA ROMANA" at about 62,500 Metric Tons golds with worth of
about USD$360 Billion. AND,

5. The 6,000 Metric Tons of Gold Bullion which was deposited by the late President
Soekarno under the name of "Sultan Bholkiah Toea" (Sultan Bolkiah Tua). As have
connected blood with Sultan Bolkiah Tua, the real Sultan of Sulu will can claim from
the assets at about USD$40 Billion.
With all these assets, in future "The real Sultan of Sulu" will become "The Most
Richest-Man in the world".

Since the "First Heir-Apparent" (Sultan Azimuddin @ Alimuddin-I @ Fernando-I ibni

Sultan Badaruddin-I) was "Baptisted" to be a "Christian's" at around 1748/50, he
and his heirs or his successors (The Kiram & Shakiraullah Families -for nowdays
time) RIGHT over the Sulu Sultanate "Assets, Properties & Territories" were
"Abolished".

Now, the assets just entitled to be claims by "The Sulu Sultanate Second heir-
apparent" (The Maharajah Adinda Families -the heirs & Successor of the Sultan
Bantilan Muizzuddin ibni Sultan Badaruddin-I). And THE REAL SULTAN OF SULU (for
nowdays time) must come from this families.

The Untold Story of Prince Hadji Rodinood M. Sultan Julaspi Kiram

The assets of the Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo, Sultan Jamalul Kiram consist of
617,500 MT of Au AND 500,000 pieces of 10-karat diamonds. This mass quantity of
Au was brought to Manila in 1935, through the Sultan Julaspi’s father’s trustees
namely, Julian Macleod Tallano (the grandson of Alfred Dent-one of the lesses of
the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo/Sabah, circa January 4, 1878) and Reverend
Father Antonio Diaz a.k.a. Col. Severino Santa Romana.

All these assets were eventually transported to Vatican City in 1939 in the effort to
protect them from the escalating World War II. After the World War II was over,
particularly in 1949 the afore named trustees, with the assistance of then young
and brilliant lawyer, Atty. Ferdinand E. Marcos brought back the Au to the
Philippines (Atty. Marcos would eventually become the Senate President, then
elected as the President of the Philippines and would hold to the presidency for
more than 20 years). For reasons of both safekeeping and assisting the stability of
the reborne Philippine Republic, the Philippine government borrowed these assets
on January 7, 1949 to augment and achieve the gold reserve of its newly instituted
Philippine Central Bank. Because of the Sultan’s gold reserve with the Central
Bank, the Philippine peso had stabilized in the period of 1949 to 1960, when the
value of the peso against the dollar barely ranged from $1:P2 to $1:P4.
Unknown to many the root cause of the Marcos-Macapagal conflict emanated from
the illegal and secret transport by then Senate President Marcos of some three
metric tons of Sultan’s gold reserve from the Philippine Central Bank to London
and another seven metric tons to Zurich and Germany on September 23, 1963
without the permission of the Sultan’s son; Sultan Julaspi (since Sultan Jamalul was
already dead at this time) and of then President Diosdado Macapagal. While the
Sultanates 617,500 metric tons of gold bullion inventory at the Philippine Central
Bank remained intact, in actuality some ten (10) metric tons thereof were forcibly
withdrawn by the Senate Security force even in the presence of the Royal family’s
caretaker; Rev. Father Antonio Diaz.
When President Marcos became the President of the Philippines, a total of two
hundred seventeen thousand (217,000) metric tons of the Royal family AU reserve
were illegally transported between 1965 to 1970 to various countries such as, the
Republic of China, Hong Kong (which was then a British colony), Switzerland, USA
and the United Kingdom only four hundred thousand (400,000) metric tons
remained of the Sultan’s gold reserve. In executing these illegal transfers,
President Marcos and then Central Bank Governor Andres Castillo forcibly made
Reverend Father Antonio Diaz, being the entrusted signatory to the Sultan’s AU
bullion accounts, to sign the withdrawal of Marcos.

From 1970 onwards, President Marcos no longer used the good Reverend father
Antonio Diaz in his withdrawal, instead he convinced the only son of Sultan Jamalul
Kiram named Sultan Julaspi to give him the full power of authority to withdraw the
remaining gold reserve of the Sultanate. Sultan Julaspi Kiram who was then living
in Malaysia (9 lorong Maarof, Off Jalan Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur) did not hesitate
with Marcos idea. For one, it woud be his family’s opportunity to finally secure
their assets and secondly, he gave his full trust to Marcos considering that he was
a relative. With his full authority, President Marcos then transported the
remaining AU reserve to various countries, that is China, Malaysia, Japan,
Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Dubai, Korea,
Thailand, Taiwan Germany, Canada, US, Pakistan, North Korea, Jordan, Norway,
Spain, Australia, South Korea, Oman, UAE and a host of other countries.
Although Marcos assigned the assets to different names, he managed to put on
record that the real owner of this tremendous wealth is no other than the only
surviving one and only son of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II; Sultan Julaspi Kiram.
Different beneficiaries were assigned by Marcos to the different accounts in
various banks worldwide. Many of the beneficiaries were heads of State, his own
family members, some of his trusted military men, while a number of the accounts
were in the names of Sta. Romana, Pedro Palafox, Clemente Santiago, William
Morales, Bayaban, DNP and Evelinda Bobila under the master account “cactus
Dahlia EB 101 that includes all the FLAT accounts and many others.
Considering that these accounts were eventually traded worldwide, huge and
tremendous cash accounts were created from the proceeds alone. These traded
accounts, which in reality were owned by Sultan Julaspi Kiram, were managed by
his relative ex President Marcos.
In 1980, President Marcos persuaded Sultan Julaspi Kiram to return to the
Philippines. Sultan Julaspi has been living in Malaysia with hopes from the
promises of the Malaysian Government, through Prime Minister Tunku Abdul