PRE COLONIAL PHILIPPINE

SOCIETY
CLOTHING
PINTADOS
SOCIAL CLASSES
WOMEN’S POSITION IN EARLY
SOCIETY
PERSONAL HABITS
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
GOVERNMENT
LAWS
JUDICIAL PROCESS
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES
DIVINATION AND MAGIC CHARMS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
LANGUAGES AND SYSTEM OF
WRITING
EARLY TRADE CONTACTS

• Inter-island and intra-island trading

• Relation with the Orang Dampuans, Banjarmasin,

Siam, and Tonkin

• Relation with the Indians and the Chinese

• Relation with the Japanese

INTRODUCTION OF ISLAM

• Early relation with the Arabs

• 1380, Arab missionary Mudum landed in Sulu and laid the foundation of
Islam in the Philippines

• 1390, Rajah Baginda, prince of Menankabaw, Sumatra, invaded Sulu and

overcame native opposition with fire arms

• 1450, Abu Bakr, Muslim leader from Palembang, Sumatra, reached Sulu,
and married the daughter of Rajah Baginda. Founded the Sultanate of
Jolo, with himself as a sultan

• 1475, Sharif Kubungusan, Muslim leader of Johore, landed in Cotabato.

Married a native princess. Founded the first Muslim sultanate of
Maguindanao which was instrumental in the Islamization of Mindanao
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTRODUCTION
OF ISLAM IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Unification of Mindanao and Sulu

• The Spread of Islam to the Visayas and Luzon

• The successful resistance of the Muslims to Spanish

Colonialism

• The present secessionist movements in Mindanao and

Sulu, and the protracted conflict between the Philippine
Government an the Moro rebels may be understood as
partly an offshoot of earlier conflicts between Christian
and Muslims.