Lupah Sug

Lupah Sug was the old name of Sulu before its sultanate, a loose polity of Tausug communities centred on the Hindu principality of Maimbung. Chinese records placed Sulu under Brunei's overlordship in the fourteenth century.

Majapahit invaded in 1365; in 1369 the Sulus threw off its rule and sacked Brunei, carrying off two sacred pearls. Islam spread, and Sharif ul-Hashim founded the Sulu sultanate at Buansa, dated to 1405 or 1457. It gained independence from Brunei in 1578.