Confederate States of Lanao
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Confederate States of Lanao Pat a Pangampong sa Ranao | |||||||||
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1616–1904 | |||||||||
Maranao | |||||||||
Government | Confederacy Monarchy | ||||||||
Sultan | |||||||||
• 1640 – ? | Balindong Bzar of Masiu | ||||||||
Legislature | Piyakambaya ko Taritib (Decider of Laws) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Secession from the Sultanate of Maguindanao | 1616 | ||||||||
• End of the Battle of Taraca | April 1904 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Philippines |
The Confederate States of Lanao (Maranao: Pat a Pangampong sa Ranao, "Four States of Lanao") is a legislative confederation of the four Maranao states (pangampong) of Bayabao, Masiu, Unayan, and Balo-i centered around Lake Lanao in the center of the island of Mindanao, Philippines.[1]
This confederation is also sometimes inaccurately referred to as simply the Lanao Sultanate or Sultanate of Lanao.
History
Before the Maranaos were invaded by the Sultanate of Maguindanao, it already existed as a separate nation. The Chinese chronicle Zhufan Zhi (諸蕃志) published in 1225, described it as a country southeast of Shahuagong (Sanmalan) in present-day Zamboanga City, a country called "Maluonu", of which this is what the chronicles have to say.[2]
Further southeast [of Shahuagong] there are uncultivated islands inhabited by barbarian bandits called Maluonu. When a merchant ship is blown off course to this country, these bandits assemble in large numbers and capture the crew, tie them between large bamboo sticks, cook them over a fire, and eat them. The chiefs of these bandits bore holes in their teeth and decorate the holes with gold. They use the tops of human skulls as eating and drinking vessels. The deeper one goes into these islands, the more cruel the bandits are.
— Zhufan zhi 諸蕃志 (1225)
Eventually, the Lanao nation fell under the power of the Maguindanao Sultanate. The lords of Bayabao, Masiu, Unayan, and Baloi seceded from the Maguindanao Sultanate in 1616.
Government
Unlike in
Overall, the Lanao Sultanate consisted of traditional leaders and forty-three sultans. Fifteen of these sultans headed the fifteen
As of 2004, the sultanates of Lanao govern themselves within the
See also
References
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- ^ A Chinese Gazetteer of Foreign Lands A new translation of Part 1 of the Zhufan zhi 諸蕃志 (1225) By Shao-yun Yang (Department of History, Denison University) October 2, 2022
- ^ Nolasco, Liberty Ibanez (January–April 2004). "The Traditional Maranaw Governance System: Descriptives, Issues and Imperatives for Philippine Public Administration" (PDF). Philippine Journal of Public Administration. 1 & 2 (XLVIII): 155–203. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 602". Supreme Court E-Library. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ "PGMA creates Lanao Advisory Council". Presidential Communications Operations Office. February 26, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2022.