23/05/2026
THEY ERASED THIS FROM YOUR HISTORY BOOKS.
Before Manila was called Manila...
it was called MAYNILA. 🕌
An Islamic kingdom.
Governed by a Rajah named Sulayman.
Connected to the Sultanate of Brunei.
Trading with China, Java, and the Islamic world.
And when Spain arrived in 1571 with their full armada —
every ruler submitted.
Except one.
📜 WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED — VERIFIED HISTORY:
🔹 Rajah Sulayman told the Spanish in 1570:
"The people of Maynila are not like those of other islands.
They will not be subjugated by anyone."
— Spanish Colonial Expedition Records (1570)
🔹 On May 19, 1571 — Spain arrived with the full armada
under Miguel López de Legazpi.
Every surrounding ruler submitted.
Sulayman refused.
— William Henry Scott, Barangay:
Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society
(Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994)
🔹 Sulayman gathered his warriors and positioned
his lantaka — traditional bronze cannons —
and prepared to defend the city that was his birthright.
— Spanish Expedition Records (1570–1571)
🔹 Manila fell. Spain burned Maynila to the ground.
Built Intramuros on its ashes.
Replaced every mosque with a church.
Erased the Muslim identity of Manila from history.
— William Henry Scott, Barangay (1994)
🔹 But Sulayman did not die in the battle.
He escaped. He retreated to Pampanga.
He organized resistance. He formed new alliances.
He was STILL fighting months after Manila fell.
— Spanish Colonial Records (1571)
🔹 He made his final stand at the Battle of
Bangkusay Channel — November 1571.
He fought. And he was killed.
He never surrendered.
He never converted.
He never bowed.
— Wikipedia, Maynila (historical polity),
citing William Henry Scott and Cesar A. Majul
🔹 Muslim graves beneath the streets of Manila
date back to 1175 AD —
nearly 400 years before Spain ever arrived.
— Archaeological Findings, Sta. Ana Manila Burial Site,
documented by the National Museum of the Philippines
