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Carpenter Agreement

1915 · 20th century

The Carpenter Agreement was signed on 22 March 1915 between Frank W. Carpenter, American governor of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, and Sultan Jamalul Kiram II of Sulu. The sultan gave up all temporal power and claims to sovereignty, while remaining head of the Muslim religion in Sulu. It ended the Sulu Sultanate as a political authority.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Carpenter Agreement. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/carpenter-agreement
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The Epoch Institute. “Carpenter Agreement.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/carpenter-agreement.
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