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=== The Sultanate of Maguindanao ===
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The [[Sultanate of Maguindanao]] rose to prominence at the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century, [[Sharif Kabungsuwan|Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan]] of [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]: introduced Islam in the island of Mindanao and he subsequently married Paramisuli, an [[Iranun people|Iranun]] princess from Mindanao, and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030126203422/http://www.mnlf.net/History/The%20Maguindanao%20Sultanate.htm "The Maguindanao Sultanate"], Moro National Liberation Front web site. "The Political and Religious History of the Bangsamoro People, condensed from the book ''Muslims in the Philippines'' by Dr. C. A. Majul." (archived from [http://www.mnlf.net/History/The%20Maguindanao%20Sultanate.htm the original] on January 26, 2003) Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref>

It ruled most parts of coastal Mindanao and continued to exist prior to the Spanish colonialization until the 19th century. The Sultanate also traded and maintained good relations with the Chinese, Dutch, and the British.<ref name="National Historical Commission">{{cite web|last1=Palafox|first1=Queenie|title=The Sultan of the River|url=http://www.nhcp.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574|publisher=National Historical Commission|access-date=March 16, 2013|archive-date=June 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617072810/http://www.nhcp.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Hayase2007">{{cite book|author=Shinzō Hayase|title=Mindanao Ethnohistory Beyond Nations: Maguindanao, Sangir, and Bagobo Societies in East Maritime Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEGBAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-971-550-511-6|page=117}}</ref>