Sharif Kabungsuwan

Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan[3] (Maguindanaon: Muhammad Kabunsuan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسوان; Malay: Muhammad Kebungsuwan, Jawi: شريف کبوڠسووان) was the first Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines.

[4][5] Maguindanao genealogy records state that Kabungsuwan's father was an Arab and a sharif or a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad while his mother was Malay.

There are several tarsilas or written genealogy on Kabungsuwan though most of these state that he brought in men when he landed in Mindanao, his group are composed of seafarers, there was initial force with his group's interaction with the locals and that there were already Muslims in Mindanao when his Kangungsuwan and his men landed near the mouth of the Pulangi River.

Kabungsuwan formed alliances with influential royal families of Sulu, Borneo, and Ternate.

He married a local princess and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao in the 16th century.