Introduction: Royal Kingdom of Maharlikan
Introduction: Royal Kingdom of Maharlikan
Introduction: Royal Kingdom of Maharlikan
INTRODUCTION
In 1478, Moslems from the Malayan Peninsula crossed the Malacca Strait and conquered
Java, the capital of Madjapahit Empire. Subsequently, the Malay/ Srivijaya/ Madjapahit
disintegrated. In its place, a Moslem religious government was established inaugurating
the reign of Sultanates.
The Maharajah and his sons, the rajahs, ruled the Maharlika using their own laws, the
CODE OF KALANTIAW. The Maharlika was a very rich and flourishing country. By
the early sixteenth century, the ruling maharajah, Luisong Tagean, had 720,000 metric
tons of gold that he kept in present day Kota Kinabalu, Sabah or North Borneo. At that
time, Sabah was part of the Maharlika.
Rajah Soliman Tagean. He ruled Manila and its suburbs, i.e. Rizal, Cavite,
Batangas, Laguna and the Karilaya Province, now Quezon. He married
Princess Dayang-dayang Kiram. Later, he married Mary Anne Dent. Mary’s
Father, Alfred Dent was a British Lord and London merchant. He was a co-owner
of the Royal British North Borneo Company.
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