Southern Philippines in the context of "Soccsksargen"

Bolkiah ibni Sulaiman (Jawi: بلقية ابن سليمان‎; died 17 July 1524) or commonly known as Nakhoda Ragam (Jawi: ناخودا راڬم‎), was the sixth sultan of Brunei from 1485 until his death in 1524, he ascended the throne upon the abdication of his father, Sultan Sulaiman. His reign was known as the "Golden Age of Brunei" due to its dominance throughout Borneo and the southern Philippines.

He is considered the first sultan to have used cannons, as the Sultan paid 40 Javanese blacksmiths to teach metal casting in Brunei, possibly introducing cannon casting, introducing cannon technology to Brunei.

Eastern Indonesia (or East Indonesia; Indonesian: Indonesia Timur, pronounced [ɪndoˌnes(i)ja ˈt̪imʊr]) is one of the two main geographical regions of Indonesia, the other being Western Indonesia. It comprises four geographical units: Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands and Papua. Central Indonesian Time and Eastern Indonesia Time are the national standard time designated for Eastern Indonesia; it falls within the UTC+8 and UTC+9 time zone, respectively.

Eastern Indonesia borders the Southern Philippines and Palau in the North, Papua New Guinea in the East, and Northern Australia in the South.

Muslim Southeast Asia refers to the areas of Southeast Asia that have significant populations of Muslims. It includes:

• Most parts of Indonesia including most of Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, Maluku Islands and Sulawesi (Java and Sumatra alone have the majority of Indonesia's population).
• Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah
• Brunei
• Southern Philippines (Bangsamoro)
• Patani region and Satun
• Westernmost parts of Myanmar, near the Bangladeshi border.

Culturally, it would also include the Malay people of Singapore (which was historically a Malay Muslim populated island), several (mainly coastal) ethnic groups of Sarawak such as Melanau, Bisaya, Narom, Seru, Miriek, Kedayan and Sarawak Malays, Cham people of Cambodia and Vietnam, and other Muslim community in Southeast Asia.