Mohammed Mahakuttah Abdullah Kiram

This name uses Philippine naming customs for Muslims or non-Muslims. The name Abdullah, is a patronymic, not a family name, and the family name is Kiram.

Sultan Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram was the 34th Sultan of Sulu (1974–1986). He is the eldest son of Sultan Moh. Esmail E. Kiram I and the heir apparent to the throne. He was the last Sultan of Sulu officially recognised by the Philippine government.1

In Memorandum Order 427 (1974), then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared that Mahakuttah A. Kiram was the legitimate heir and that the government was obligated to support his coronation as Sultan of Sulu, which took place on the 24th of May 1974. At the same time, Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram, the eldest son being 8 years old, was crowned beside his father as Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Sulu.

After the death of Sultan Mahakuttah A. Kiram, the Philippine national government failed to formally recognise a new Sultan. Mahakutta's Crown Prince Muedzul Lail Kiram, the heir to the throne according to the line of succession as recognised by the Philippine governments from 1915 to 1986, was 20 years old upon his father's death. Due to his young age, he failed to claim the throne in a time of political instability in the Philippines that led to the peaceful revolution and subsequent removal of President Marcos. The gap in the Sultanate leadership was filled by crown claimants of rival branches. Therefore, the following Sultans were not crowned with the support of the Philippine government nor received a formal recognition from the national government as their predecessors had until 1986. However, the Philippine national government decided to deal with one or more of these so-called Sultan claimants regarding issues concerning the Sultanates affairs.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

List of sultans of Sulu (1405–1915) and claimants (1915–present)

	Sultans from 1405 to 1915 Sharif ul-Hāshim Kamal ud-Din Ala ud-Din Amir ul-Umara Muizz ul-Mutawadi-in Nasir ud-Din I Muhammad ul-Halim Batarah Shah Tengah Muwallil Wasit I Nasir ud-Din II Salah ud-Din Ali Shah Azim ud-Din I (Ferdinand I) Bantilan Azim ud-Din II Azim ud-Din I (Ferdinand I) Jamalul Kiram I Jamalul Kiram II¹

	Claimants from 1915 to present Muwallil Wasit II Esmail Kiram I Mahakuttah Kiram Aguimuddin Abirin Jamalul Kiram III Mohammad Akijal Atti Ismael Kiram II Phudgal Kiram Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram Fuad Kiram Mohamad Akjan Ali Muhammad Abdul Rajak Aliuddin Eddy T. Sulaiman

¹ The last recognised Sultan of Sulu was Sultan Jamalul Kiram II and based on historical records in Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei, he died in 1936 and had seven daughters but no son which in Islamic law, a woman cannot be appointed as heir or successor. (note)

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