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Rajah Sulayman
Rajah of Maynila
Adopted Children
In Legendary Accounts
"Prince Suwaboy"
"Dayang-dayang (Princess) Pasay" of Pasay
and Parañaque
Sulayman - along with his co-ruler Rajah Matanda of Maynila and Lakan Dula, who ruled the
neighboring polity of Tondo - was one of three monarchs who figured most significantly in the
Spanish conquest of the Port of Manila and the Pasig River delta. Spanish accounts describe him
as the most aggressive of the three rulers - a characteristic chalked up to his youth relative to the
other two rulers.[3][4]
He was penultimate indigenous paramount ruler (Lakan or Rajah) in the Pasig River Delta era:
his adoptive son, baptized Agustin de Legaspi upon conversion to Roman Catholicism, was
proclaimed Paramount ruler of Tondo upon the death of Lakan Dula, but he, along with most of
Lakan Dula's sons and most of Sulayman's adoptive sons were executed by the Spanish after
being implicated in the 1587–1588 Tondo Conspiracy, helping the Spanish Empire to further
solidify its grip on Luzon and most of the Philippine archipelago.[4]
Contents
1 Names
2 Ancestry
3 Spanish conquest of Manila (1570–1571)
4 Tarik Sulayman and the Battle of Bankusay (1571)
5 The "Sulayman Revolt" (1574)
6 Life after 1574
7 Descendants
8 Others
9 Legacy
10 See also
11 References
Names[edit]
Spanish documents note that Sulayman's subjects called him Raja Mura or Raja Muda (from the
Sanskrit raja). The Spanish glossed this name as "Young Raja", a reference to the fact that he
was Raja Matanda's nephew and heir apparent. The Spaniards also called him Raja Solimano el
Mow.[1]
Ancestry[edit]
According to the genealogy proposed by Mariano A. Henson[5] in 1955, and asserted by Majul in
1973,[6] Sulayman was the 14th[5] Raja of Manila since it was founded as a Muslim[5] principality
in 1258[5] by Rajah Ahmad when he defeated the Majapahit Suzerain Raja Avirjirkaya.[5]
Rajah Sulayman was there when the invasion of Legazpi occurred. His predecessor asserted
ancestry from Alexander the Great, Lakanduli, whose predecessor was Kanduli, whose
predecessor was Rajah Nicoy who ruled the Muslim area in Manila before the Spanish invasion.
It is believed that Islam would have disseminated all over the Philippines but for the Spanish
invasion since both Luzon and Visayas saw the arrival of Islam.[7] The Spanish conquest was
fought against by Rajah Lakandula, Rajah Matanda, and their nephew Rajah Sulayman. Brunei's
Sultan had familial ties with the Borneo originated royals who ruled Manila. Manila was
converted by Muslims from Borneo.[8] The war by Christians against Islam in the archipelago
which terminated with the 1913 Bud Bagsak battle between Sulu and Americans began in 1571
when Martin de Goiti and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and their subordinate army of Visayans,
Latin-American soldiers and Spaniards attacked Rajah Sulayman's Manila Kingdom of Muslims
and conquered it. Being part of its ancient trading ports and traditional ally, the Spanish
experienced spectacular and catastrophic military assaults at the hands of the Muslim Moros
from the Sama, Iranun, Maguindanaon and Suluk ethnicities after their conquest of Manila. This
signal the start of the age old sovereign based conflict in the Archipelago.[9] The royals and
nobility of Brunei converted the royals of Manila to Islam and established familiar relations by
matrimony which is why Rajah Sulayman was a known Muslim when the Spanish arrived.[10]
Julkipli M. Wadi wrote Rajah Sulayman, Spain and the transformation of the Islamic Manila.[11]
Miguel López de Legazpi, Juan de Salcedo, and Martín de Goiti led the invasion by the Spanish
against Lakandula, Rajah Matanda and Maynila's final Muslim ruler, Rajah Sulayman III. Jose
N. Svilla composed a Tagalog language Rajah Sulayman bio.[12] A monument dedicated to Rajah
Sulayman was erected by the inhabitants in memory of his resistance and martyrdom against the
Spanish.[13] Tondo ruled by Lakandula and Manila ruled by Sulayman were both Muslim since
Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and Sulu all experienced Islamic proselytization. Muslims were
already all over the islands of the Philippines during the entry of the Spanish.[14]
This area was a pre-colonial Indianized kingdom of Srivijaya and at their arrival has already
shifted to Majapahit Empire. The Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi, searching for a
suitable place to establish his capital after moving from Cebu to Panay due to Portuguese claim
of the archipelago, sent Martín de Goiti and Juan de Salcedo on an expedition northwards to
Luzon upon hearing of a prosperous kingdom there.[15]
Goiti anchored at Cavite and established his authority by sending a "message of friendship" to
the states surrounding the Pasig River. Sulayman, who had been given authority over these
settlements by the ageing Rajah Matanda, was willing to accept the "friendship" from the
Spaniards. However, he refused to cede his sovereignty, and had no choice but to waged war
against the new arrivals' demands. As a result, Goíti and his army invaded the kingdoms in June
1570, sacked and burned the great city before returning to Panay.[15]
Spanish documents do not identify the leader of the Macabebe revolt by name, but record that he
died during the 1571 Battle of Bankusay, resulting in a Macabebe retreat and Spanish
victory.[19][20] Sulayman III, on the other hand, is clearly recorded as participating in the Revolt
of 1574, and thus cannot be the unnamed figure who died in 1571 at Bankusay.[citation needed]
In response, Sulayman and Lakan Dula led a revolt in the villages of Navotas in 1574, taking
advantage of the confusion brought about by the attacks of Chinese pirate Limahong. This is
often referred to as the "Manila Revolt of 1574" but is sometimes referred to as the "Sulayman
Revolt" and the "Lakan Dula Revolt." Since it involved naval forces, the Sulayman Revolt is also
known as the "First Battle of Manila Bay".[4][21]
Friar Geronimo Marín and Juan de Salcedo were tasked with pursuing conciliatory talks with the
kingdoms. Lakan Dula and Sulayman agreed to Salcedo's peace treaty and an alliance was
formed between the two groups.[4][21]
Sulayman is no longer mentioned in the accounts of events that took place from 1586 to 1588,
which involved many members of his family.[3]
Descendants[edit]
According to Luciano P.R. Santiago's genealogical research, Sulayman married his cousin, a
princess from Borneo, and the two had at least two biological children: a son referred to as
Rahang Bago (which means "new prince" Raxa el Vago in the Spanish texts), and a daughter
who would be baptized Doña Maria Laran.[22] A legend cited by the government of Pasay City in
the 1950s also says Sulayman had two children: a son named Suwaboy, and a daughter, Dayang-
dayang (Princess) Pasay, who would inherit from her father the lands south of Manila now
known as Pasay and Paranaque.[4] However, Rahang Bago and his cousin Lumantalan were
killed by the Spanish in November 1574, in the confusion that ensued during the attack of the
Chinese Corsair, Limahong.[22]
According to Santiago's research, Doña Maria Laran had two daughters: Doña Ines Dahitim, the
elder, who married Don Miguel Banal of Quiapo; and Doña Maria Guinyamat, who married a
Don Agustin Turingan. Luciano P.R. Santiago theorizes that Don Miguel Banal was the son of
the Don Juan Banal who was implicated in the Tondo Conspiracy of 1587. Santiago furthers that
Don Miguel Banal and Doña Ines Dahitim are said to have begotten the second filipino to be
inducted into the Augustinian order, Fray Marcelo Banal de San Agustin.[22]
The oral legend cited by the local government of Pasay, in turn, says that Dayangdayang Pasay
married a local prince named Maytubig and settled in the place called Balite. The legend says
that they had a daughter named Dominga Custodio, who grew up to donate all her lands to the
Augustinian Order just before her death.[4]
Santiago, however, claims that aside from his biological children, Sulayman had descendants by
adoption. Santiago's Genealogical research suggests that Sulayman had at least one male sibling,
who remained unnamed in the records, and who had died prior to the death of Rahang Bago in
1574. Sulayman chose to adopt the sons of this sibling, who were identified in records as Agustin
de Legaspi, Don Gabriel Taumbasan, and Don Jeronimo Bassi.[22] All three adopted children of
Sulayman participated in the Tondo Conspiracy of 1587, and only Taumbasan was not executed,
having instead been sentenced to exile in Mexico for four years.
Others[edit]
According to Meranau history
Rajah Sulayman
Rajah Indarafatra
Rajah Umaka'an
Legacy[edit]
In Rizal Park in Manila, the Philippines erected a statue to commemorate Rajah Sulayman as a
hero against Spanish invasion.[23]
See also[edit]
Lakandula
Rajah Matanda
Rajah Salalila
Agustin de Legazpi
Maginoo
Rajah
Sultan
Datu
Lakan
History of the Philippines
History of the Philippines (900–1521)
Philippine revolts against Spain
History of the Philippines (Before 1521)
Lacandola Documents
References[edit]
Raja Sulaiman was No Carabao: Understanding the Muslim Question. PhilAm Books.
2001. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-971-8743-17-1.
Raja Sulaiman was No Carabao: Understanding the Muslim Question. PhilAm Books.
2001. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-971-8743-17-1.
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