Datu Djimbangan

Datu Djimbangan
Midted Sa Inged of Kudarangan
Diedc. Early 1900s
Names
Datu Djimbangan Bin Sultan Bayao Bin Sultan Maitum
HouseBuayan
FatherSultan Bayao
ReligionSunni Islam

Datu Djimbangan (Guimbangan or Jimbangan[1]) - known as Midted Sa Inged (Superintendent of the polity) of the Sultanate of Kudarangan, is the son of Sultan Bayao Bin Sultan Maitum, cousin of Datu Uto and elder brother of Sultan Tambilawan of Kudarangan and adviser to Datu Ali in the war against Pre-Spanish and the Pre-Americans Era. Datu Djimbangan lives at the old Spanish fort of Libungan, his only claim to distinction as he has but a small following. He is also known to Kabuntalan nobles as Datu Masbud (fat) because he was considered to be very fat, hot tempered and inclined to be unreconstructed. He was also known as the thievish chieftain to the Spanish Governor of Cotabato for that once could come to Datu Djimbangan's hand might well counted as lost.[2]

Datu Djimbangan was suspected of being implicated in the murder of a soldier of the thirty-first infantry in December 1900 though it has never been proven against him. He depended for protection upon his brother Datu Ali, who was fond of him.

  1. ^ Saleeby,Najeeb(1905). M.Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion. Bureau of Public Printing, Manila. p.63.
  2. ^ The World Magazine(April to September 1901). Volume 7. George Newnes, LTD.p.441,p.443,p.446.