Muhammad Kudarat

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Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat محمد دڤتوان كودرت‎
Bust at Rizal Park, Manila
7th Sultan of Maguindanao
Reign	1619–1671
Successor	Sultan Saifuddin Dundang Tidulay
Born	Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat 1581 Maguindanao
Died	1671 (aged 89–90) Simuay, Maguindanao
House	Al-'Aydarus
Father	Sultan Laut Buisan
Religion	Islam

Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (or Muhammad di-Pertuan Kudrat; Jawi: محمد دڤتوان كودرت‎; 1581–1671) was the 7th Sultan of Maguindanao from 1619 to 1671.^[1]

He was a direct descendant of Shariff Kabungsuwan, a Malay-Arab noble from Johor who brought Islam to Mindanao between the 13th and 14th centuries.^[2] During his reign, he successfully fought off Spanish invasions and halted the spread of Catholicism on the island of Mindanao, much like the other Muslim rulers in the southern Philippines.

The Soccsksargen province of Sultan Kudarat is named after him, as is the municipality of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, where his descendants, who bear the title of datu, engage in present-day politics.