[1] Sarikula was a direct descendant of Sharif Kabungsuwan, the first sultan of Maguindanao.
[2][3] Sarikula also had two half brothers, Dimasangcay Adel and Buisan, who also reigned as sultans of Maguindanao before and after him.
[2][3] Sarikula was involved in a power struggle with Buisan, which ended with him being ousted by his younger brother to Sulu in 1597.
[4] Sarikula married Raja Putri, one of the daughters (or a sister) of Sultan Muwallil Wasit (Rajah Bongsu) from the Sulu Sultanate.
[4][5] Their daughter, Putri Mampey, married her first cousin, Sultan Kudarat, the son of Buisan.