Administrative and political institutions of the Sulu Sultanate

Abstract

The term. Jolo (the name given to the present capital and mainland Sulu) is the Spanish corruption of the word Sulu, sometimes, written Sooloo in British and American sources. The present town of Jolo is a watershed. In the early days, it was referred to as Bawang, the name given to a sizeable body of water where two river system -- one coming from the Southwest, the Maimbung area; the other from the Northeast, the area around Patikul and their respective tributaries -- drain into the more formidable current of the Sulu Sea.