Rajah Sulayman

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Sulayman, sometimes referred to as Sulayman III (Arabic: سليمان, romanized: Sulaymān, Abecedario: Solimán) (d. 1590s), was the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Maynila in the late 16th century and was a nephew of Raja Ache of Luzon. He was the commander of the Tagalog forces in the battle of Manila of 1570 against Spanish forces. His palace was within the walled and fortified city of Manila. Sulayman—along with his uncle, King Ache, and Lakandula, who ruled the adjacent bayan of Tondo—was one of the three rulers who dealt with the Spanish in the battle of Manila of 1570. The Spanish described him as the most aggressive one due to his youth relative to the other two rulers. Sulayman's adoptive son, baptized Agustin de Legazpi upon conversion to Christianity, was proclaimed the sovereign ruler of Tondo upon the death of Lakandula. Legazpi, along with most of Lakandula's sons including Magat Salamat, and most of Sulayman's other adoptive sons, were executed by the Spanish after being implicated...

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