Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram

                         Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, head of the the Royal House of Sulu (Kiram Dynasty)

Ampun Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram was born on 28th of August 1966 in Jolo, Sulu.  He is the eldest son of  Ampun. Al-marhum Sultan Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram, 34th Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo (1974-1986). Sultan Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram was the last recognized Sultan by the Philippine Government and was given special honours by president Ferdinand Marcos, installing him with a public coronatin in May 24th. 1974 under Memo Order 427. In the same event Datu Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram was crowned as Raja Muda (Crown Prnce) beside his father.

Ampun Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram is the grandson of the 33rd Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo, Ampun Al-marhum Sultan Moh. Esmail E. Kiram I (1950-1973) who granted authority to Philippine government under the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal in on 12th of September 1962 and of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1969.

Ampun Al-marhum Sultan Moh. Jamalul Kiram II (1893-1936) was his great grand uncle. He was recognized worldwide and he signed several treaties with different nations during his long reigm. Having no offspring of his own, he passed on his authority and power to his youngest brother Ampun Al-marhum Sultan Mawallil Wasit Kiram (1936), who was Ampun Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram's great grandfather.

Ampun Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram's mother Dayang-Dayang Farida Tan-Kiram, half tausug and half Chinese was the first wife of his father. She was commonly known as the "Princess of Sulu"

his website: http://www.royalsultanateofsulu.org/