The Philippine Insular Government was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was reorganized in 1935
Revenue stamp for the Philippine Islands issued in 1930.
Poster advertising the passage of the Jones Law
Manila, capital of the Insular Government, March 1920.
William Howard Taft was the first civil governor of the Philippine Islands
Sultanate of Sulu
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The Sultanate of Sulu was a Sunni Muslim Tausūg state that ruled the Sulu Archipelago, coastal areas of Zamboanga City, and certain portions of Palawan in today's Philippines, alongside parts of prese
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands
…7,635,426 • 1918 10,350,640 Currency Philippine peso (₱) Time zone UTC+08:00 (PST) Preceded by Succeeded by Military Government of the Philippine Islands Sultanate of Sulu Commonwealth of the Philippines The Philippine Insular Government (Spanish: Gobierno de las Islas Filipinas) was an unincorporated territory of the…
From left to right Royal Sultanate of Sulu Officers HRH Maharaja Adinda Datu Nizamuddin Serman Kiram, Secretary General & Royal Ambassador HH Datu Sadja Dr. Matthew Pajares Yngson Rajah of Tambulian, Vice Chancellor HH Datu Sadja Dr. William Chung Tang-Fong Rajah of Tongkil, HRM Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram 35th Sultan of Sulu, HRM Dayang Dayang Pangian Mellany Serman Kiram, HH Dayang Maria Isabel Nieto Delos Reyes, Chancellor Amir Bahar of Sulu HH Datu Kevin Randolph Carrion Limjoco, Royal Ambassador H.E. Apo Gloman Membrere Merritt Rajah of Samtoy & Luzon Ilocano
The first concession treaty was signed by Sultan Abdul Momin of Brunei on 29 December 1877, appointing Baron de Overbeck as the Maharaja Sabah, Rajah Gaya and Sandakan
The second concession treaty was signed by Sultan Jamal ul-Azam of Sulu on 22 January 1878 also appointing Baron de Overbeck as Dato Bendahara and Raja Sandakan
American military governor Hugh Lenox Scott meeting Jamalul Kiram II (c. 1905)