Countries similar to or like Sultanate of Sulu

State of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's Kalimantan region to the south. Wikipedia

Predecessor state before the establishment of Sultanate of Sulu. Called Lupah Sug and ruled by the Indianised Hindu principality of Maimbung, populated by Buranun people , was first ruled by a certain rajah who assumed the title Rajah Sipad the Older. Wikipedia

Ethnic group of the Philippines and Malaysia, small population can also be found in the northern part of North Kalimantan. The Tausūg are part of the wider political identity of Muslims of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan. Wikipedia

Province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Jolo on the island of the same name. Wikipedia

Inhabited by more than 175 ethnolinguistic nations, the majority of whose languages are Austronesian in origin. Many of these nations converted to Christianity, particularly the lowland-coastal nations, and adopted foreign elements of culture. Wikipedia

The collective term Moro people or Bangsamoro people refers to the 13 Islamized ethnolinguistic groups of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan, native to the region known as the Bangsamoro (lit. Moro nation or Moro country). Wikipedia