Sheikh Karimul Makhdum

Sheikh Karimul Makhdum was an Arab Sunni Sufi Muslim as well as a known missionary from Syria who came to Maritime Southeast Asia.

[2] Him and the Wali sanga were affiliated with the Kubrawi Hamadani missionaries in the late 14th century.

[3] He was a Sufi who brought Islam to the Philippines in 1380, 141 years before Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the country.

The construction is celebrated annually in the southern Philippines as anniversary of the coming of Makhdum Karim.

In 2005, Governor of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Zaldy Ampatuan has appealed to the Philippine government, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries to rehabilitate the mosque and develop it as a religious tourist spot in southern Philippines.

Historical marker installed in 2023 stating that the burial site of Makhdum had been declared as a National Historial Shrine by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines