Muhammad Hassan

Who was Muhammad Hassan?

Sultan Muhammad Hassan was the ninth Sultan of Brunei.

His elder son, Sultan Jalilul Akbar, is the ancestor of Sultan Hj. Hassanal Bolkiah, the present Sultan of Brunei.

Sultan Muhammad Hassan's middle son, Pangiran Tengah was sent to be the Sultan of Sulu as also an assured line of descendancy from its very first sultan of Sulu and Brunei, one and only person. The latter reigned in Sulu as Sultan Patara Shah and was the father of Muwalil Wasit or Sultan Jamal Ul-Kiram-I, the ladder being the father of Sultan Pulalun. Another son ruled as "Sultan of Sarawak" and the latter's generations continue to rule in Sambas Sultanate to this day.

The "Pulau Janggi" in Sulu and "Sepong Janggi or Sepoh Janggi" in Brunei depicts the symbol of Mohamad Fad'l, better known as Sultan Pulalun who took the Eagle symbol aslike the giant bird that had carried-off the Pulau Janggi from the turmoil seas of Sulu at one time, during his forefather's time.

From Royal Sulu sources.

Sultan Mawalil-Wasit-I @ Raja Bongsu ibni Sultan Muhammad Hassan. Raja Bongsu mother was the sister's of Sultan Betara Shah Tengah @ Pangulan Tindig ibni Sultan Pangiran Buddiman Ul-Halim @ Raja Xolo. Sultan Betara Shah Tengah DIED without heir. His nephew's Raja Bongsu later appointed as Sultan of Sulu after him.