A SULU SULTANA'S WORK; Ruler's Mother Has Made a Flag with Her Own Hands. SHE COPIED THE STANDARD Royal Assumption of Largest Star in the Field Shows Dangerous Lack of Modesty. Share full article ...

Today in 1915, Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram I signed an agreement with the governor-general’s representative, Frank W. Carpenter, ceding his authority over the Sulu Archipelago.

It sounds like something out of the Flashman series: A ragtag army loyal to the 75-year-old Sultan of Sulu invaded the northern part of Borneo in early February. Their goal was to retake the state ...