Rajah Baguinda

Rajah Baguinda Ali
Ruler of the Principality of Sulu
Predecessornone
SuccessorSayyid Abubakar Abirin
Names
Baguinda Ali, later on Rajah Baguinda Ali
HousePrincipality of Sulu, predecessor to the Sultanate of Sulu

Rajah Baguinda Ali, also known as Rajah Baginda Ali, Rajah Baginda, Raha Baguinda, or Rajah Baguinda, was a prince from a Minangkabau kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia called "Pagaruyung". (Baginda/Baguinda is a Minangkabau honorific for prince.) He was the leader of the forming polity in Sulu, Philippines, which later turned into the Sultanate of Sulu.