Ismael Kiram II

Esmail Kiram II
Pretender to the Sulu Sultanate
Pretence12 March 2001 – 19 September 2015
PredecessorMohammad Akijal Atti
SuccessorAgbimuddin Kiram
(until his death in January 2015[1])
Born(1939-11-09)9 November 1939
Maimbung, Sulu, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Died19 September 2015(2015-09-19) (aged 75)
Maimbung, Sulu
HouseRoyal House of Kiram
FatherDatu Punjungan Kiram
MotherSharif Usna Dalus Strattan
ReligionSunni Islam

Ismael ibni Punjungan Kiram II (also spelled as Esmail Kiram II) (9 November 1939 – 19 September 2015) was a self-proclaimed Sultan of the Sultanate of Sulu (now part of Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia)[2] from 12 March 2001 until his death on 19 September 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "Agbimuddin Kiram, leader of Sulu attack on Lahad Datu, dies". Yahoo! Singapore. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Chronological Self Rule and Sultanate". Provincial Government of Sulu, Philippines. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. ^ Floyd Whaley (21 September 2015). "Esmail Kiram II, Self-Proclaimed Sultan of Sulu, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2015.