II.

ISLAMIC
COLONIAL

(13TH Century-Present)
Sayyid abbubakar

● Sayyed
walShareef Abubakar
Abirin AlHashmi –
regal name
● Arab-Muslim
● First sultan of
sulu and the founder
of Sultanate of Sulu.
 ● Abbubakar introduce
the holy texts via The
holy book of Quran in
sulu.

● He build a
house of prayer

● He also
recognized for
building a religious
school (Madrasa)
Princess (Dayang-Dayang)
Piramisuli

● Wife of
Sayyid abbubakar
● Daughter of
Rajah Baguinda
The Ruler
of principality of sulu
• As the Islamization process in
Mindanao strengthened, Islam
became the driving force that
enabled the natives to resist
centuries of Spanish colonization.

• Islam was embraced as a religion

and as a way of life by the people of
Mindanao.
The main
beliefs of
ISLAM
that influence the
ways arts is made
and interpreted
 • Filipino Muslims
recognizes that they
belong to an Ummah
or a community of
believers.

• Central to the
islamic faith is the
doctrine of Tawhid
or unity of God.
Prof. Abrahamhtj
Sakili
Two aspects of reality
• The object perceived by
the ordinary sense

• The sense of
nothingness, a space or
a void empty of all
things; To evoke that
God is above and
beyond all thing.
• The interior of mosques are covered with
elaborate patterning in the form of reliefs to draw
the attention away from the concrete object, in
other words, away from human forms and nature
“toward the contemplation of the divine”
 • How Philippine
Muslims organize
space in architecture
is also telling of their
adherence to the
tawhid and other
Islamic beliefs

• As the center feature of the mosque, The Dome relates

to “all levels of cosmic existence”
• The octagonal base symbolizes the spirit
• The four-sided main base refers to the earth or
material world.
• In the courtyard is the Ka’bah, a black shrine believed
to be built by The Prophet Muhammad himself.
• Qiblah, the direction that should be faced when a
Muslim prays.
 Luhul or Canopy
• Feature motifs
from the Tree of
Life.
• The forms are so
repetitive and
elaborate that they
seem to distract us
from the actual
natural elements
from which they
were derived.
 Ukkil or okir
Can be found in tausug and sama houses ,
traditional boats, weapons, sunduk or grave
markets, musical instruments, and in
textiles.
 panolong
An elaborately carved protrusion akin to
a wing attached to the torogan or the
royal house of the maranao.
Aside from Sarimanok,
the burraq, a horse
with the head of a
woman, is also an
important figure
believed to carry the
Prophet in his
ascension to heaven.
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