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Published documentary reprint · 22 January 1878 · reprinted 1908

The Sultan’s commission to Overbeck

The commission reproduced on page 226 of Saleeby’s 1908 book

Commission of 22 January 1878 · English reprint in Saleeby, The History of Sulu (1908), p. 226.

Open source reading copy

An English reprint of the commission appointing Overbeck Datu Bandahara and Raja of Sandakan, issued alongside the territorial transaction.

Delegation in the Sultan’s own words

“which we hereby delegate to him of our own free and sovereign will”

Commission of 22 January 1878 · English reprint in Saleeby, The History of Sulu (1908), p. 226.

Read the passage in context ↗
Date
22 January 1878 · reprinted 1908
Document type
Published documentary reprint
Issuing authority / creator
Sultan Jamalul A‘lam; English text reproduced by Najeeb M. Saleeby
Citation
Saleeby, The History of Sulu (1908), pp. 225–226. Saleeby attributes the reproduced commission to George W. Davis’s report dated 1 August 1902.

Why it matters

The commission gives Overbeck governmental powers derived from the Sultan and commands obedience from those owing the Sultan allegiance.

Reading the evidence

The commission names territories in North Borneo, invests Overbeck with governmental powers and calls on those owing allegiance to the Sultan to recognize his authority. Saleeby reproduces its English text on pp. 225–226.

Sources & further reading

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The History of Sulu (1908)

Bureau of Printing, Manila · Project Gutenberg