Kumalarang

Kumalarang, also called Sibuguey, was a Subanon kingdom on Mindanao's Zamboanga peninsula. It appeared in the Ming court annals in the fifteenth century.

In 1417 the Yongle Emperor sent Zhang Qian with silk to its ruler Kanlai Ipentun, who visited China in 1420 but died in Fujian on his way home in 1421. His son Lapi sent another embassy in 1424. After the Sultanate of Maguindanao was founded in 1515, Kumalarang became its vassal, retaining considerable autonomy; Islam spread and the kingdom became a sultanate.