{{Short description|Military invasion of Tondo by Brunei}}
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Tondo War | campaign = | date = {{circa|1500}} | place = Luzon | result = Bruneian victory | territory = * Establishment of Seludong (Maynila) as a satellite state of Brunei * Brunei had control over the civilisations around the Manila Bay.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Abinales |first1=Patricio N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTx7AAAAQBAJ&dq=Brunei+Tondo&pg=PA50 |title=State and Society in the Philippines |last2=Amoroso |first2=Donna J. |date=2005-05-05 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7425-6872-3 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref> | combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Old Flag of Brunei.svg}} Brunei | combatant2 = Tondo | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Old Flag of Brunei.svg}} Sultan Bolkiah | commander2 = Dayang Kalangitan | strength1 = Unknown | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = Unknown; probably light | casualties2 = Heavy | image = | units1 = {{flagicon image|Old Flag of Brunei.svg}} Bruneian Army<br>{{flagicon image|Alleged_Royal_Brunei_Navy_Flag_in_1601.png}} Bruneian Navy | units2 = Tondo Army * Maharlika Tondo Navy }} {{Battles of Manila}}
The '''Tondo War''' ({{Langx|ms-Arab|{{Script/Arabic|ڤراڠ توندو}}|translit=Perang Tondo}}, Old Filipino:ᜇᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜇᜓᜈᜌ᜔᜶ romanized: <nowiki>''</nowiki>dagmangtundubadunay<nowiki>''</nowiki> or also called the '''Bruneian–Tundun War''' ({{Langx|ms-Arab|{{Script/Arabic|ڤراڠ بروني-توندو}}|translit=Perang Brunei-Tondo}}, Filipino: Digmaang ''Tondo-Brunay''), was a military invasion and later occupation of Tondo in Luzon by the Bruneian Sultanate in the 16th century.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k10wHwlXvgMC&dq=Brunei+Tondo&pg=PA9 |title=The Report: The Philippines 2010 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-11-8 |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref> The invasion resulted in the formation of the Kingdom of Selurong, the Bruneian Sultanate chose to attack the Kingdom of Tondo in order to break Tondo's monopoly in the China trade.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k10wHwlXvgMC&dq=Brunei+%C2%A0Tondo&pg=PA9 |title=The Report: The Philippines 2010 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-11-8 |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref>
== Background == In {{Circa|1500}}, prior to the Spanish reaching the Philippines, the Bruneian Empire launched an attack on the Kingdom of Tondo, a significant trading city located on Luzon Island.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Bolkiah, the fifth Sultan who controlled the Sultanate from 1485 to 1525, was in charge of the Bruneian Empire at the time of the assault. Given that Bolkiah supervised Brunei's rise to prominence as a powerhouse that swept over the Malay Archipelago, his reign is perhaps best remembered as the empire's golden period.<ref name="Sidhu">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2009 |title=Bolkiah, Sultan (r. 1485–1524) |encyclopedia=Historical Dictionary of Brunei Darussalam |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |edition=second |page=37 |isbn=978-0-8108-7078-9 |author=Sidhu, Jatswan S.}}</ref> The first records of a Maynila and a Tondo date back to the Martín de Goiti voyage to Manila in 1570.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYQeAAAAMAAJ&q=Brunei+%C2%A0Tondo+1500 |title=Intramuros and Beyond |pages=10}}</ref>{{History of Brunei}}{{History of the Philippines}}
== Battle == Sultan Bolkiah was renowned for frequently traveling overseas in an effort to get fresh perspectives and information that would aid in the development of his nation. But he really started to gather traction in 1500 when he made the decision to visit the Kingdom of Tondo in an effort to increase his power. Bolkiah founded the city of Selurong—later named Maynila, on the other side of the Pasig River shortly after taking over Tondo from its monarch, Lakan Gambang.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Carating |first1=Rodelio B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sY7EBAAAQBAJ&dq=Brunei+%C2%A0Tondo&pg=PA31 |title=The Soils of the Philippines |last2=Galanta |first2=Raymundo G. |last3=Bacatio |first3=Clarita D. |date=2014-04-23 |publisher=Springer Science & Business |isbn=978-94-017-8682-9 |pages=31 |language=en}}</ref>
Following the Sultan's victory in Tondo, the customary Rajahs, referred to as the Dayang Kalangitan, kept their titles and possessions,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anthony |first=Craig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iSGDwAAQBAJ&dq=Brunei+%C2%A0Tondo+1500&pg=PA259 |title=King's Province |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-9876298-1-4 |pages=259 |language=en}}</ref> but the House of Soliman, which housed the Manila Rajahs, gained control of them. Following this triumph, Brunei ruled over Borneo and the western Philippines for almost a millennium, until starting to decline in influence in the 18th century.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
== Aftermath == As a result of this victory, Brunei had control over Borneo and the civilisations around the Manila Bay,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Abinales |first1=Patricio N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTx7AAAAQBAJ&dq=Brunei+Tondo&pg=PA50 |title=State and Society in the Philippines |last2=Amoroso |first2=Donna J. |date=2005-05-05 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-7425-6872-3 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref> it only truly begin to lose its holdings in the 1800s.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Through Brunei, Tondo was connected to the international commercial network centered at Melaka.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tarling |first=Nicholas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOw8AAAAIAAJ&dq=Brunei+%C2%A0Tondo&pg=PA362 |title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: From early times to c. 1800 |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-35505-6 |pages=362 |language=en}}</ref> It wasn't until Bruneian traders moved into the Manila region at the beginning of the 16th century that Some of populations of Intramuros in Manila and Pampanga become Islamic.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newson |first=Linda A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LF_UgEGu0dEC&dq=Brunei+Tondo&pg=PA118 |title=Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines |date=2009-04-16 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3272-8 |pages=118 |language=en}}</ref> Islam had spread as far north as Luzon by the time the Spanish came, and Rajah Sulaiman II governed Manila.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guides |first=Rough |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VO3EAAAQBAJ&dq=Brunei+Tondo&pg=PT663 |title=The Rough Guide to the Philippines (Travel Guide eBook) |date=2023-04-01 |publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited |isbn=978-1-83905-924-7 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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