Dayang Dayang Piandao
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Dayang Dayang Piandao was a daughter of Badar-ud-Din II and a niece of Jamalul Kiram II. In 1936 she would complicate the succession of the Sulu sultanate by persuading some datus and leading citizens of Sulu to proclaim her husband sultan even while Datu Tambuyong had already been proclaimed head of the sultanate as Muhanmad Jainal Abirin II. As her name suggests, Dayang Dayang or "princess of the first degree" was the highest ranking female nobility of the Sulu Sultanate in the late 1890s and the early decades of the 20th century. Born about the year 1886 to Sultan Baharud Din and Hadji Amina, she was adopted by his uncle and immediate successor to the throne, Jamalu''l Kiram, as his daughter and only heir upon the death of his brother sultan. With the death of her mother, Dayang Dayang was left to administer much of her late father''s extensive property. She was also said to be the most powerful female adviser of Sultan Jamalu''l KiramImage type: Reproduction: PhotoengravingMedia format: With prints List(s) this item appears in: Mothers
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Philippine Profiles | PP00834 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | PP00834 |
Dayang Dayang Piandao was a daughter of Badar-ud-Din II and a niece of Jamalul Kiram II. In 1936 she would complicate the succession of the Sulu sultanate by persuading some datus and leading citizens of Sulu to proclaim her husband sultan even while Datu Tambuyong had already been proclaimed head of the sultanate as Muhanmad Jainal Abirin II. As her name suggests, Dayang Dayang or "princess of the first degree" was the highest ranking female nobility of the Sulu Sultanate in the late 1890s and the early decades of the 20th century. Born about the year 1886 to Sultan Baharud Din and Hadji Amina, she was adopted by his uncle and immediate successor to the throne, Jamalu''l Kiram, as his daughter and only heir upon the death of his brother sultan. With the death of her mother, Dayang Dayang was left to administer much of her late father''s extensive property. She was also said to be the most powerful female adviser of Sultan Jamalu''l Kiram.
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