The last treaty between the Sultanate of Sulu and Spain, the Treaty of July 1878

This being the last treaty entered into by the Sultanate of Sulu and Spain, may be considered to define the final relation that existed between them and the exact position which Sulu occupied in the Philippine Archipelago during the last period of the Spanish régime. The best account of this relation is given in the words of the treaty itself. Careful translations of which have been prepared from both the Spanish and Sulu texts and are herein presented for full information.