Iranun Tribe ( Bangsa Iranun )

IRANUN WAS AN EMPIRE BUILT BY SHARIF KABUNGSUAN, DOWN TO CAPITAN LAUT BOISAN AND SULTAN DIPERTUAN KUDARAT I.

Illanun, Illanun, Illana (Bay) is a corrupted version fashioned by Spaniards and their slave indios to characterise the people of the Lake - Ranao, or the Marsh, as in Liguasan Marsh. Iranaon is a nation, Bangsa, uniting diverse tribes in Mindanao and Borneo under the religion of Islam. They are excellent seamen and warriors headed by Capitan Laut (Admiral) who controlled the seas off Mindanao and Visayas and as far as Ilocos until the 19th century with diplomatic relation and trade relations with Cham and China.

They are the Sultans and Princes, Princesses of Maguindanao, Zamboanga (Sibugay) and the Four Principalities of the Lake Region. The Iranaons are descendants of the ancient Sultans of Johor, Sumatera, Minangkabau and Burunay.

They are the Moros living in the parts of Lanao and Maguindanao Areas as well as in the Sabah Malaysia .

The Iranun are a Moro ethnic group native to Mindanao, Philippines, and the west coast of Sabah (in which they are found in 25 villages around the Kota Belud and Lahad Datu districts; also in Kudat and Likas, Kota Kinabalu).

Iranun was one of the oldest existing nations in the world during the ancient times with definite integral territory wherein the sovereign power and authority was exercised over it by the legitimate ruler. Iranun as a nation inhabited mainly the Crab Gulf (Moro Gulf). Its villages were established and concentrated in the Iranun Bay (Illana Bay). The origin was attributed to the people of the Uranen Kingdom of the primitive past who inhabited in Tbok (Malabang). Iranuns were the first people who entered into a marriage affinity with Shariff Aulia and Sharif Kabungsuwan.