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(The 1984 Tarhata Kiram 3-peso Philippine postage stamp)
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This meeting led to the creation of a legislative-executive commission,headed by Speaker pro tempore <a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/2971/salipada-pendatun-a-trailblazer-in-philippine-history-was-born-on-december-3-1912-in-pikit-cotabato" class="news_link">Salipada Pendatun</a>, that initiated the process of the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu over North Borneo.
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Consequently, on August 16, 1962, the heirs of the late Padukka Mahasari Maulana Sultan Hadji Muhammad Jamalul Kiram II, represented by Princess Tarhata, signed waivers of their rights over North Borneo in favor of the Philippine Government.
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Finally on September 12, 1962, the same Heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, again, represented by Princess Tarhata Kiram, in the presence of Vice-President Pelaez and the reigning Sultan, Muhammad Esmail Kiram, signed instruments transferring their sovereignty claim on North Borneo to the Philippine Government.  They also constituted the Government of the Philippines as their sole attorney-in-fact to negotiate with the British Government on their proprietory claim.
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Later on February 8, 1963, Datu Mohammad Jal Asbi Sultan Jamalul Kiram of Jolo told the press that he is the rightful heir of the late Sultan of Sulu and disagreed with the Philippine claim to North Borneo  <i>"in so far as other claimants as heirs are concerned"</i>.
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April 25, 1962: the Sultan of Sulu and Macapagal initiated the claim over North Borneo