WELCOME TO THE CITY OF COTABATO Cotabato City had witnessed more history than any other place in Mindanao. Its history dates
back to the 15th century when Shariff Kabungsuan, an Arab missionary, landed along the banks of the Rio Grande de Mindanao
and introduced Islam to the natives. Islam was the faith that moved the early settlers to communal life, and to establish the
Sultanate of Maguindanao with its golden age ushered in by Sultan Dipatuan Qudarat during the 17th century the time when
Cotabato City developed as the capital town of Maguindanao Cotabato.net~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check