Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion
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About This Book
The history of Mindanao prior to the advent of Islam is traditional and mythological, and no effort has been made to put it on record. With Islam came knowledge, art, and civilization. A new system of government was instituted and its records were registered. Tarsila1 were written and the noble lineage of the datus was carefully kept. Each sultanate or datuship kept a separate genealogy. These genealogies, called tarsila or salsila, were very limited in their scope and brief in their narration of events. They are our only source of written information on the early history of the Moros, and are...
Chapters (40)(click to expand)
- Letter of Transmittal
- Illustrations
- Chapter I History of Magindanao
- Magindanao History and Genealogies
- Introduction
- The Transliteration
- A Geographical Sketch of the Chief Moro Settlements Mentioned in the Tarsila of Mindanao
- The Mythology of Mindanao
- Manuscripts
- Manuscript No. I From Adam to Mohammed
- Manuscript No. II The Genealogy of Kabungsuwan and his coming to Magindanao; or, the Conversion of Magindanao to Islam
- Manuscript No. III The Genealogy of Bwayan
- Manuscript No. IV History of the Dumātūs and the Conversion of Mindanao to Islam
- Manuscript No. V The Oldest Copy of the Genealogy of Magindanao and the Iranun Datus
- Manuscript No. VI The History and Genealogy of Magindanao Proper
- Manuscript No. VII The Genealogy of Bagumbayan
- Manuscript No. VIII The Ancestors of the Datus of Mindanao
- The History of Magindanao
- Chapter II Laws of the Moros
- General Introduction
- The Luwaran; or, The Laws of Magindanao
- Introduction
- Translation of the Luwaran, the Magindanao Code of Laws
- Arabic Marginal Quotations of the Luwaran
- Introduction
- Translation of the Arabic Marginal Quotations of the Luwaran
- Transliteration of Articles I–VIII of the Luwaran
- Sulu Codes
- The Principal Sulu Code
- The New Sulu Code
- Chapter III Two Sulu Orations
- The Sulu Oration for the Feast of Ramadan
- The Sulu Friday Oration
- Diagrams
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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