SULTANATE SULU & NORTH BORNEO SABAH FLAGROYAL SULU & NORTH BORNEO SABAH SYMBOLS .28TH SULTAN OF SULU &NORTH BORNEO SABAHHRH SULTAN MUHAMMAD FADL28th. SULTAN OF SULU & NORTH BORNEO SABAH SEAL29TH SULTAN OF SULU& North Borneo SabahHRH SULTAN MUHAMMAD JAMALUL AZAM Seal of the 29th Sultan ofSulu, son of HRH Sultan Muhammad Fadl. The inscription on the sealis :Al-Sultan Muhammad jamalul Azam (also known as Sultan Jamalul Alam). Al-Sultan Jamalul Azam sanat1279 / MUJAMAD DCHAMALUL ALAMSULTAN DE/ JOLO'. The Sultan Muhammad JamalulAzam, the year 1279/ Muhammad Dchamalul Alam Sultan of Jolo'. This seal was in a letter tothe Gurnur of Sandakan, AH 1279 ( AD 1879-1880 ). SULTANATE SULU & NORTHBORNEO SABAH FLAG BEFORE 1899SULU NORTH BORNEO SULTANATEFLAG 12 AFTER 1899This sultanate flag has three differents kind of symbols : on the leftside we find the" zul -fiqar" or "sword of Ali " , in the central position there is awhite building, maybe the Sultan's palace, surrounding by a floreal arc.For some scholars this symbol is the royal platform inside the palaceof the Sultan ; for someone else it represents the Mecca Doorsurrounding by okir motifs.On the right side the crossed kris and budjak (spear ) are some of thetraditional symbols of the Sultanate after 1899. NORTH BORNEOSABAHLease Contractof 1878:Inmaintaining that the 1878 Grant was one of lease,  a translationofthat instrument  byProfessor Harold Conklin of Yale University U.S.A.TRANSLATIONBY YALE PROFESSOR CONKLIN OF THE DEED OF 1878 IN ARABICCHARACTERS FOUND BY MR. QUINTERO IN WASHINGTON DC6USASignature of SultanMohammed Jamalul AlamOfficial seal of theSultan of SuluGRANT BY THE SULTAN OF SULU OF A PERMANENTLEASE COVERING HIS LANDS AND TERRITORIESON THE ISLAND OF BORNEODated January 22, 1878————We,Sri Paduka Maulana Al Sultan MOHAMMED JAMALUL ALAM, Son of Sari PadukaMarhum Al Sultan MOHAMMED PULALUM, Sultan of Sulu and of alldependencies thereof, on behalf of ourselves and for our heirs andsuccessors, and with the expressed desire of all Datus in commonagreement, do hereby desire to lease, of our own free will andsatisfaction, to Gustovus Baron de Overbeck of Hong Kong, and to AlfredDent, Esquire, of London, who act as representatives of a BritishCompany, together with their heirs, associates, successors, and assignsforever and until the end of time, all rights and powers which wepossess over all territories and lands tributary to us on the mainlandof the Island of Borneo, commencing from the Pandassan River on theeast, and thence along the whole east coast as far as the Sibuku Riveron the south, and including all territories, on the Pandassan River andin the coastal area, known as Paitan, Sugut, Banggai, Labuk, Sandakan,China-batangan, Mumiang, and all other territories and coastal lands tothe south, bordering on Darvel Bay, and as far as the Sibuku River,together with all the islands which lie within nine miles from thecoast.Inconsideration of this (terr