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Rajah Baguinda Ali | |||||
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Ruler of the Principality of Sulu | |||||
Predecessor | none | ||||
Successor | Sayyid Abubakar Abirin | ||||
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House | Principality 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.