Raiders of the Sulu Sea Flashcards
★ fearsome, fearless
★ skilled fighters, deadly
swordsmen
★ expert sailors and
builders of formidable
vessels of war
★ well-organized force
that could attack with
precision and strategy
raiders
when was the battle of fort pillar
dec 8, 1720
describe the battle of fort pillar
when, who, where
dec 8 1720, 3000 raiders vs 600 spanish soldiers, zamboanga city
★ located at the tip of the
southernmost
peninsula of the
Philippines
★ located along an
important route
between the Northern and Southern Philippines
zamboanga
describe fort del pilar
○ 10-meter high
○ sprawled over 2
acres
○ designed to withstand cannonballs
○ every row of
Spanish artillery
defended the
fort
who planned the 1720 attack
Maguindanao King Dalasi (with Sulu Sultanate)
the two main kingdoms controlling the Muslim colonies of the Southern Philippines
Sulu and Maguindanao’s Sultanates
the base of operations to check on slave raiding
fort pilar
three tribes/muslim groups
balangingi
illanuns
tausug
occupied the chain of islands between Basilan and Sulu island
balangingi
important in piracy history, pirates, captures people
illanuns
no maritime experience, fierce warriors, widespread
political power, controlled the Sulu Sultanate in the south
tausug
when was islam established
1380
a small town located in the northernmost region of mindanao
bhutan
where did slave raiders inherit their maritime skills
early southern filipino seafarers
