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Jamalul Kiram III | |
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Pretender to the Sultanate of Sulu | |
Pretence | June 15, 1986 – October 20, 2013 |
Predecessor | Aguimuddin Abirin and Mohammad Akijal Atti |
Successor | Ismael Kiram II |
Born | Maimbung, Sulu, Commonwealth of the Philippines | July 16, 1938
Died | October 20, 2013 Quezon City, Philippines | (aged 75)
Issue | Jacel Kiram |
House | Royal House of Kiram |
Father | Datu Punjungan Kiram |
Mother | Sharifa Usna Dalus Strattan |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Jamalul ibni Punjungan Kiram III (July 16, 1938 – October 20, 2013)[1][2] was a former self-proclaimed Sultan of the Sulu Sultanate[3] who claimed to be "the poorest sultan in the world".[4] He was known as an unsuccessful candidate for senator in the Philippine general elections in 2007. In 2013, Kiram III sparked a controversy when he revived a dispute between the Philippines and Malaysia by leading an intrusion into the eastern part of Sabah. His daughter is Princess Jacel Kiram, a proponent of the Sabah claim of the Philippines in 2016.[5][6][7][8]