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                       Department of the Interior

                    Ethnological Survey Publications

                           Volume IV, Part I

               STUDIES IN MORO HISTORY, LAW, AND RELIGION


                                   By

                           NAJEEB M. SALEEBY

                                 Manila
                       Bureau of Public Printing
                                  1905







    Letter of Transmittal


    Department of the Interior,
    The Ethnological Survey,
    Manila, December 21, 1904.


    Sir: I have the honor to transmit a series of papers on Moro
    history, law, and religion consisting of original studies and
    translations from Moro texts made by Dr. Najeeb M. Saleeby. I
    recommend that these papers be published as Part I of Volume IV
    of the scientific studies edited by the Survey.


    Very respectfully,

    Merton L. Miller,
    Acting Chief of The Ethnological Survey.


    Hon. Dean C. Worcester,
    Secretary of the Interior, Manila, P. I.







CONTENTS

                                                              Page
Chapter I

History of Magindanao                                           11

    Magindanao history and genealogies                          11
    Introduction                                                11
    The transliteration                                         11
    Geographical sketch of the chief Moro settlements
    mentioned in the Tarsila of Mindanao                        