...Mesrob Vartavarian Civilizational Imperatives: Americans, Moros, and the Colonial World . By Oliver Charbonneau . Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press , 2020 . xvi, 282 pp. ISBN: 9781501750724 (cloth). American Datu: John J. Pershing and Counterinsurgency Warfare in the Muslim...

... and chief datus never encouraged or approved of piracy by Samal or Iranun datus, for they were themselves traders having an interest that all shipping lanes be kept safe especially for traders going or coming from Jolo” (p. 285). 34 Statement of Silammkoom, 31 May 1838 in Bonham to Maitland, 28...

.... Manila: Centro Escolar University. 80 pp. n.p.l. The Maragtas tells of the 13th century "settlement" of Panay Island by immigrants from Borneo. The tale of the ten Bornean datus and their followers who sailed from Brunei to Panay, where they obtained land JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES from the local Negritos...

... "settlement" of Panay Island by immigrants from Borneo. The tale of the ten Bornean datus and their followers who sailed from Brunei to Panay, where they obtained land JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES from the local Negritos, has been widely quoted as fact by many Filipino historians (Beyer, Zaide, Alip, Zafra, et al...

... in Indonesia: The Problems of Continuity and Change ,” American Historical Review , LXX , No. 4 ( 07 , 1965 ) pp. 1058 – 1072 . 40 In Sarawak, Datu was the highest title except for Rajah; in Brunei it was the position below pangiran . 41 Raffles seems to equate the “decay” of Malay...

... conclusion, as late as 1982 students arrived at college still believing in the code of the datu Kalantiaw, who by then had become a national hero. Scott, as usual, manages to see humor in this durable fraud, and, indeed, his sense of humor keeps his skepticism from becoming strident indignation in the face...

...James F. Guyot 998 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES a confederation of chiefs and datu emerged within the broad framework of a loosely integrated Islamic state structure. Moreover, the book substantiates the resiliency of autochthonous institutional traditions in the face of significant economic...

... for Jolo, the Patikul massacre, etc. We are briefly introduced to some of the key figures, such as Cotabato Datu Udtog Matalam and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader, Nur Misuari. We are presented with numerous bits of inside information. All of it is woven together in dramatic fashion...

..." (September 24, 1559), and continuing through to Document XXII, "Sande's Report to the King" (June 7, 1576). The final document, No. XXIII, is included to answer the question as to what happened to the descendants of the native datus and rajahs who were dispossessed of the rights of sovereignty...

... bring down products from there to trade for lowland products. And in fact, before the arrival of the Americans, the Tiruray did have trade pacts with the Magindanao, trade that was known as "sharing mother's milk." Such a pact was arranged between a Tiruray headman and a Magindanao datu, and provided...

... and at the same time established lines of allegiance and control as the nexus of sovereignty of Muslim dominance. It is this process which is succinctly apparent in Datu Uto's rise throughout the wider reaches of Cotabato. Gowing and McAmis are to be congratulated for putting together a volume that contains...

... was a nationalist because he was a priest." nal allegiance to Sulu datus, some faint ac- Father Burgos was unquestionably one of the quaintance with Islam and some notion of their most articulate and brilliant of the ilustrados; lowly status among land dwellers. But it is he helped articulate the growing discontent...

...). The final document, No. XXIII, is included to answer the question as to what happened to the descendants of the native datus and rajahs who were dispossessed of the rights of sovereignty by the Spaniards, but were compensated with special privileges (e.g. exemption from the payment of tribute). The document...

..., then developments in Sitangkai Schumacher states it, "Burgo was no less a look much more like structural change. Nimmo nationalist for being a priest; indeed, in part, argues that the Bajao have always had a nomi- he was a nationalist because he was a priest." nal allegiance to Sulu datus, some faint ac- Father...

.... "Constitutes Book I of a whole epic cycle centering around the life of Datu Sumakwel, first datu and law-giver of Panay." EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Washington, D. C. Tagalog; language familiarization manual. Prepared for the Dept. of Defense. Washington, 1960. 61, a-f p. illus. FLORENTINO, ALBERTO S. ed...

... in the code of the datu Kalantiaw, who by then had become a national hero. Scott, as usual, manages to see humor in this durable fraud, and, indeed, his sense of humor keeps his skepticism from becoming strident indignation in the face of enduring historical misinterpretations. While the findings in this book...

... traces the history of the Moro Muslims in the southern Philippines. The author describes the evolution of the Ummah, the unity of the Moro Muslim community, from pre-Islamic kinship-based barangay groups headed by datu leaders, to the development of the sultanates extending from the Islamization...

... datu, and efforts by Islamic religious leaders to reform how Muslims in Cotabato practice their faith. The main point McKenna makes is that his detailed study reinforces arguments about the ability of subalterns to think and act counter to what elites, rulers, and leaders say or expect of them...

... Khanum (1844), 3 MIA, 295 Kusom Beebee v. Golam Hossein Cassim Arif (1905), 10 CWN. 449 Jan Mohamed Abdullah Datu and others v. Datu Jaffer and others , AIR 1914 Bombay 59 Jeswunt Sing-Jee Ubby Sing-Jee v. Chuter Sing-Jee Deep Sing-Jee Uby Sing-Jee (1844), 3 MIA, 245 Mirza Himmut...

.... 95) is the glossary de nition of the baylan as being usually female in contrast to the datu (chieftain), who is supposedly either male or female (p. 197). This is all highly problematic, as it contradicts most of her direct citations (see, for example, pp. 85 86, 88, 93) as well as our...