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ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Royal Order of Hashem of Sabah \| Royal Order of Sulu \| Royal Order of Sulu & Sabah \| Royal Order of Kiram \| What Is Knighthood? KNIGHTS OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF KIRAM Datuk Katurunan/ Hereditary Knight/ Baronet History: Founded and established by HM Sultan Mohammad Jamalul Kiram I on his ascension to the throne as the 27th Sultan of Sulu and Sabah in 1823 and he ruled up to 1844. On his death his son HM Sultan Mohammad Pulalun Kiram was crowned the 28th Sultan of Sulu & Sabah. This Knighthood and its coat of arms are inherited and shall descend by male primogeniture, but if no male issue in any generation of the grantee, the first female issue shall inherit them till a first male issue is born to inherit this Knighthood and its coat of arms. HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram I (who first used the surname Kiram in 1823, as before him all the Sulu Sultans only used first names, no surnames) was the great ancestor of HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad A. Kiram I, the 35th Sultan of Sulu & Sabah.

The Honorable, His Excellency AMBASSADOR DATUK (SIR) ALBERT TSHISELEKA FELHA, DRK Katurunan Datuk/ Hereditary Knight/ Baronet of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah (Ambassador of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Italy)

The Honorable, His Excellency COMMANDER DATUK (SIR) YOUNOUSSA BAH, DRK (Chief of the Secretariat, National Orders of the Republic of Guinea)	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) JOSEPH JONES REYNOLDS, DRK Pasig City, Philippines

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) SABAS B. CAPILI, JR.,DRK, KRSS Sydney, Australia	The Honorable, His Excellency PROF. DR. DATUK (SIR) CLAUDE CHAUSSIER, DRK, KRSS Honorary Royal Ambassador to Belgium & European Union Brussels, Belgium

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) GUY J. DHONDEE, DRK, KRSS Melbourne, Australia	The Honorable, His Excellency PROF. DATUK (SIR) LINO MUNGARI MARQUIS DI CAPOCOLONNA, DRK, KRSS Italian Nobility Milan, Italy

The Honorable, His Excellency DR. DATUK (SIR) VINCENZO SCHETTINO MARQUIS DI PIETRAPIANA, DRK, KRSS Italian Nobility Naples, Italy	HRH DATU DATUK (SIR) VINCENZO CORTESE MARQUIS DI VILLA SAN GIORGIO, DRK, DROHS, DROS, KRSS Rome, Italy

The Honorable, His Excellency GEN. AL HAJI DATUK (SIR) SORY DOUMBOUYA, DRK Grand Chancellor, National Orders of the Republic of Guinea Republic of Guinea	The Honorable HADJI DATUK (SIR) AWAD RABBANI HAMID, DRK, DROS Sulu, Philippines

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) NUR ARDEN S. HAWARI, DRK, DROS Panglima of Jolo, Sulu & Minister of Agriculture Sulu, Philippines	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) MAGSAYSAY J. IMBING, DRK, DROS Minister of Environment & Natural Resources Sulu, Philipines

The Honorable LT. GEN. DATUK (SIR) ALVAREZ A. ISNAJI AL-HAJ, DRK, DROS, KRSS, MNLF Mayor of Indanan, Sulu Sulu, Philippines	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) MOHAN KUMAR A. NARAYANAN, DRK, KRSS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Honorable, His Excellency SHARIF DATUK (SIR) ZAIN JALI, DRK, KRSS (Chairman MNLF Bangsamoro People's Congress, National Mufti of the Bangsamoro People) Head Royal Darul Ifta, Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah Zamboanga City, Philippines	The Honorable, His Excellency DATUK (SIR) DALEY SANYA JULIUSON, DRK, KRSS (Deputy Grand Master: Royal Order of Sulu & Sabah) London, England

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) PETER KELLY, DRK, KRSS National Commander Australia Royal Order of Sulu & Sabah Sydney, Australia	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) ANTONIO LIBONATI, DRK, KRSS (President of The Rugerro II University, Vice Consul of the Republic of Gabon in Naples) Naples, Italy

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) DARRYL A.B.H. MAIDIN, DRK, BA, LL.B. Sydney, Australia & Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) MOHAN KUMAR A. NARAYANAN, DRK, KRSS Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Honorable, His Excellency DATUK (SIR) ROMEO REDELICIA, DRK, KRSS Deputy Foreign Minister of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu & Sabah Manila, Philippines

The Honorable DATUK (SIR) IAN E. TREACY, DRK, KRSS Sydney, Australia	The Honorable DATUK (SIR) CHARLES WANTRUP, DRK, KRSS Melbourne, Australia
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GENEALOGY & SUCCESSION BASED ON LAW OF SUCCESSION OF THE KINGLY FAMILY OF THE ROYAL HASHEMITE SULTANS OF SULU & SABAH: HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I is the most capable and most suitable member of the Royal blood line as per Law of Succession of the Royal House of Sulu and Sabah and is the legitimate and lawful Royal Hashemite Sultan of Sulu and Sabah. HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad A. Kiram I is the brother of the late HM Sultan Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram (Sultan 1974-1986) and son of the late HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I (Sultan 1947-1973), who gave the power of attorney to Philippine Pres. Diosdado Macapagal in 1962 then to Philippine Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1969 for the Philippine Government to recover Sabah. His grandfather was HM Sultan Mawallil Wasit Kiram, successor to his brother HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram II (Sultan 1893-1936), childless, who died of poisoning. HM Sultan Mawallil Wasit Kiram ruled only for six (6) months due to death by poisoning in 1936, whereupon the throne was inherited by his first-born son HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I. The father of HM Jamalul Kiram II was HM Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram who leased North Borneo (Sabah) to a British Company in 1878. HRH Prince Ezzarhaddon A. Kiram is the Crown Prince of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sabah and is known as the Prince of Kota Kinabalu while his brother HRH Prince Al-mezzheer A. Kiram is the Crown Prince of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and is known as the Prince of Jolo.