 Some Yakan villages sent a yearly tribute to the Sultan.The Royal Archives of the Sulu Sultanate record that Sultan Azim ud-Din I, son of Badar ud-Din, and who was known to the Spaniards and most Tausugs as Alimuddin, ruled from 1735 to 1748.He was dethroned, exiled, then returned as Sultan from 1764 to 1774.