Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat
Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat (also pronounced Qudarat , * 1581 , † 1671 ) was the seventh Sultan of Maguindanao .
During his reign he successfully kept the Spanish conquerors away from his sultanate . He is a direct descendant of Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan , a Muslim missionary who founded the Sultanate of Maguindanao in the 15th century.
He is one of the heroes of the Filipino people. After him u. a. the province named Sultan Kudarat .
Reign
After he succeeded his father in 1619, he conquered the territories of various neighboring Datus and made himself ruler of the Pulangui area. In the following years he united the Muslim clans of Cotabato , Lanao and Basilan . In the following he also controlled the territories of Cagayan de Oro and Caraga and made the inhabitants of Misamis and Bukidnon his subjects. He also managed to start negotiations with the Dutch and Spaniards and to convince them of his claim to sovereignty over his territory.
In 1632 Sultan Kudarat married the daughter of the Sultan of Sulu , Sultan Wasit. This connection established a strong alliance between the two sultanates.
The Spaniards attempted a conquest, but were defeated in all battles against the Sultanate between 1634 and 1637. In a battle, Kudarat was wounded by a bullet in 1637, but managed to escape from the battlefield and recover. The Spanish soldiers were then systematically driven back from the sultanate. Governor and General Alonso Fajardo finally signed a contract with Kudarat on June 25, 1645, which allowed the Spanish missionaries to look after the Christians in Mindanao, to build a church and to conduct trade with the sultanate.
However, in 1658 the war re-emerged after Mindoro , Bohol and Leyte were attacked and looted by Muslim forces. During the period in office of Kudarat, the Spaniards never managed to bring parts of the sultanate under their control for any length of time.
Before his death, he instructed his successor to initiate a peace agreement with the Spaniards. He died in 1671 at the age of 90.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat ( Memento of February 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Information about Sultan Kudarat
- Timeline of the Sultanates of Sulu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kudarat, Muhammad Dipatuan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kudarat, Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | seventh sultan of Maguindanao |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1581 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1671 |