The Establishment of the Maguindanao Sultanate

The Establishment of the maguindanao sultanate

The Establishment of the maguindanao sultanateA 10-minute blurbBy janica Buenconsejo What to expectIntroductionMaguindanao of the Pre-Spanish PeriodMoro WarsThe Reign of Sultan KudaratEconomic PowerMilitaryBlood RelationsTerritoryReligionWhats up with Mindanao?!The Philippines in general was a small-scale chieftain societyBarangaysBigger social organisation being formed in the area within the Philippine IslandsTwo SultanatesSulu-prospered as a trading postMaguindanao-sphere of influence once reached the entire MindanaoIn Philippine HistoriographySulu and Maguindanao were often treated as one sultanateSpaniards call them MoroEach are connected to different outer worlds (Sulu-Brunei; Maguindanao-Ternate)What have the Muslim been up to?!Muslim merchants became active in tradingLead to Islamic conversion, which included two steps:Introduction of the faith and the setting up of the Muslim communitiesDevelopment of the institutions, which brought substantial changes to the political and social systemsNot enough historical sources show how Islam had been accepted in MaguindanaoSharif Hasan and the Maraja brothersFull-scale conversion promoted by KabungsuanHe was often successful in mediating internal conflictsSIDE note: Kabungsuan-Whats up with that dude?!He forced his two cousins to convert to Islam Married at least three womenUshered the change in social structureCreated a new ruling class When Spain Became d*ckheadsIt was through the wars with Spain that Maguindanao began to transform into a Muslim stateMoro Wars-refer to wars fought between the Muslims in the Philippines and the Spanish militarySpain could barely maintain their strongholdsTheir powers are distributedRoyal vault was in debtSpain burned many settlements, murdered or took the residents prisoner, and destroyed the mosquesMuslim RetaliationMaguindanao and Sulu allied with other ethnic peoples and attacked the Visayan regionThe Dutch collaborated with the MuslimsPeace Treaty with SpainRaiding the Visayan areaagain!Kudarat declared a jihadSO WHAT?!

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Will it feed me?!Sultan Kudarat: Historys Badass warriorKudarat was the first one to use the title SultanThe first one to call for unity using the name of IslamConsidered one of the greatest Muslim leadersUshered in the establishment of the Maguindanao sultanateKudarat the EconomistAt first their trade was, in modern terms, crapThe Dutch helped expand their tradeKudarat never trusted the Dutch so their relationship was exclusively for tradingPapa Dutch halted trade But Maguindanaos trade still went onKudarat began to control their trade power and monopolised the wealth gain from the tradeKudarat the ultimate Game of the Generals championNAVAL POWER!Built forts!Dug trenches!CANNONS!Gerontocracy (a system where leadership is reserved for elders)Kudarat the romanticBlood relationship in the Maguindanao society was regarded with utmost importanceKudarat the geography majorEuropeans viewed the Maguindanao territory as merely a settlement led by a chieftainThe Spanish invasion induced the territory to gradually expandEuropean point of view: The expansion of Muslim power was hindered by the Spanish invasionMaguindanao point of view: uhh nope, not reallyMaguindanawon casualties were fewer than the Spanish forces imaginedRulers always ruled not the land but the peopleHowever, they were made to realise that it was necessary to firmly control the land in order to protect their own sphere of livelihood (became apparent in Kudarats reign)Kudarat the Islam scholarKudarat was well versed in Islamic law and was a renowned panditaThe al-Quran (Koran) was taught along with reading and writing in schoolsThe Deterioration of the SultanateFour factors:Maguindanawon did not recognise the European colonialist territorial expansion into the Asian worldLack of stabilityMaguindanaos development was limited due to the importance placed on blood relationship (although it did help consolidate the unity of the sultanateInsufficient supply of slavesStory time!: The bangsamoro and the Philippine Nationa 5-minute blurbThe gistThe Moros sought religious, political, and economic place in the nation