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SABAH TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY

FROM THE SULTANATE OF SULU TO

THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1962

His Majesty Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I (right), the father of HM Sultan Muhd. Fuad

A. Kiram I, the current Sultan, upon signing the Transfer of Sovereignty of Sabah from the

Sultanate of Sulu to the Republic of the Philippines on 12 September 1962, with Francisco

Salvador (left), a friend of Sultan Muhd. Esmail I. (Source: Royal Family Archives).

 

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This Transfer of Sovereignty of 12 September 1962, from the Sultanate of Sulu to

the Republic of the Philippines conferred ownership of Sovereignty to the

Philippines, and it also continued to enshrine the ownership of Sabah as the private

property of the heirs of HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram II. However, the current Sultan,HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I, as the true and legitimate Sultan

stated that "Sabah is not only the property of the heirs but all of the people of the

Sultanate of Sulu -- who are entitled to receive benefits from the Sabah property

recovery thru economic developments in the Sultanate."