| Tondo War | |||||||||
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 Brunei | Tondo | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| SultanBolkiah | Dayang Kalangitan | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
Bruneian Army Bruneian Navy | Tondo Navy | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown; probably light | Heavy | ||||||||
TheTondo War (Malay:ڤراڠ توندو,romanized: Perang Tondo,Old Filipino:ᜇᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜇᜓᜈᜌ᜔᜶ romanized: ''dagmangtundubadunay'' or also called theBruneian–Tundun War (Malay:ڤراڠ بروني-توندو,romanized: Perang Brunei-Tondo,Filipino: DigmaangTondo-Brunay), was amilitary invasion and lateroccupation ofTondo inLuzon by theBruneian Sultanate in the 16th century.[2] The invasion resulted in the formation of theKingdom of Selurong, the Bruneian Sultanate chose to attack the Kingdom of Tondo in order to break Tondo's monopoly in the China trade.[3]
Inc. 1500, prior to theSpanish reaching thePhilippines, the Bruneian Empire launched an attack on theKingdom of Tondo, a significant trading city located onLuzon Island.[citation needed]Bolkiah, the fifth Sultan who controlled the Sultanate from 1485 to 1525, was in charge of the Bruneian Empire at the time of the assault. Given that Bolkiah supervised Brunei's rise to prominence as a powerhouse that swept over theMalay Archipelago, his reign is perhaps best remembered as the empire's golden period.[4] The first records of a Maynila and a Tondo date back to theMartín de Goiti voyage to Manila in 1570.[5]
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Sultan Bolkiah was renowned for frequently traveling overseas in an effort to get fresh perspectives and information that would aid in the development of his nation. But he really started to gather traction in 1500 when he made the decision to visit the Kingdom of Tondo in an effort to increase his power. Bolkiah founded the city ofSelurong—later namedMaynila, on the other side of thePasig River shortly after taking over Tondo from its monarch, Lakan Gambang.[6]
Following the Sultan's victory in Tondo, the customaryRajahs, referred to as theDayang Kalangitan, kept their titles and possessions,[7] but the House of Soliman, which housed the Manila Rajahs, gained control of them. Following this triumph, Brunei ruled overBorneo and the western Philippines for almost amillennium, until starting to decline in influence in the 18th century.[citation needed]
As a result of this victory, Brunei had control overBorneo and the civilisations around theManila Bay,[8] it only truly begin to lose its holdings in the 1800s.[citation needed] Through Brunei, Tondo was connected to the international commercial network centered atMelaka.[9] It wasn't until Bruneian traders moved into the Manila region at the beginning of the 16th century that Some of populations ofIntramuros inManila andPampanga becomeIslamic.[10] Islam had spread as far north as Luzon by the time theSpanish came, andRajah Sulaiman II governed Manila.[11]
