Abstract

The Tausug have 1000 years adat and further enriched by Islam in the middle of the 13th century. Their greatest political contribution was the establishment of the Sultanate of Sulu or the Sultaniyyah sin Lupa Sug in 1450 A.D. The era of the sultanate was the golden age all over Sulu. This was the era the sultanate's founding fathers developed their padduman or political ideology as reflected in the Tausug concept of state known as hula-bangsa-agama.