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Word: maimbung (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...Borneo Company withheld its land rent until the succession should be clarified. A Filipino judge appointed Dayang Dayang administrator of the dead Sultan's estate. Afraid of being poisoned or having his throat cut to make way for Dayang Dayang, Sultan Wasit retired to his ramshackle palace at Maimbung behind a heavy guard. It was well he did so for several armed thugs broke in one night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Wasit to Paradise | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

Died. Rajah Muda Mawalil Wasit Kiram, since July Sultan of Sulu; of heart disease; in Maimbung, Jolo Island, the Philippines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 30, 1936 | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

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