The Mysterious "Filipino Sultan" in Ancient China 

Up to now, I still see scholars saying how we learned this and that from the Spanish. It doesn't make sense to me when China had many of those things before even the Spanish came. Like cotton, plow, building with cement etc. Why would the Filipinos wait for the Spanish to learn from when they had access to China and all the other countries around us like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India? We need to stop writing Philippine history from the point of view of colonialism. Maybe it's time to start overturning those statues...

Wish my filipino brothers together with us malaysian. We could learn alot from each other.

Sound interesting... Hope mailagay ito sa mga history book sa mga paaralan.. gandang pakinggan!

This was a momentous event in phil history because the sultan of sulu traveled and died there in China paying respect to ming emperor . This predates the fall of eastern Roman Empire in 1453. Can you imagine that the sultan reached china even before the fall of eastern Roman Empire. But it so sad that christian Filipinos belittle this achievement and even up to this days stick to their pre colonial history which is short of information and still searching for their pre colonial civilization. Remember phil history can not be completed without Muslim history

We are Asians. We should be united.✨ *I love your videos, kuya Kirby!*

SULTANATE OF SULU WAS NOT JUST RECOGNIZED AS SOVEREIGN STATE BY MING DYNASTY BUT ALSO BY OTTOMAN AND BRITISH EMPIRES.

Kaming taga jolo sulu May mga hawak ang mga ninuno namin hanggang ngayon ng sarili naming kwento, o history hindi kami naniniwala ng aklat na ginawa ng hindi taga amin.. Kaya pwede MO pa matutunan ang tutuong kwento mula mismo sa mga taga sulu. ♥️♥️♥️

I'm from Butuan and I can only Imagine How Civilized ancient Butuan is , The laguna Copper Inscription even mentioned the Kingdom of Butuan

Not only with China, Sultanate of Sulu from the Phillipines has also family relationship with Sultan of Brunei, Sultans of West Borneo in Indonesia, Sultan of Bulungan in East Borneo from Indonesia and also Sultan of Ternate from Moluccas Island in Indonesia.

This kind of discusion blows my mind 😯 (Love The Video. Welcome back)

informative as always!

I am from Taiwan. This video is good for me to know the history of the Philippines.

A part of history never shared was how our ancient ancestors communicated with the ancient South Koreans. Much awaited to hear more of that part of history.

Kaming mga muslim Matagal na naming alam yan....kaso nga lang wala rin naman may nagkaenteres kondi kami kami lang din...

Matagal ko na etong narinig ngayon na ulit uli mas lalong lumalim naway mag patuloy ang pananaliksik pa tungkol sa ating mga Ninuno salamat uli.

I really agree on this one. thank you for the info.

He was the Sultan BATARASHA @ SULTAN SAIFUDDIN OF SULU He was the reining sulu sultanate he ruled Sarawak, Brunei North Borneo and the Philippines archipelago during his period. He is delegated with Ming dynasty to depend the sovereignty of entire territories under the jurisdictions of the Sultanate of sulu and he. He ruled also Brunei because his mother was the young princess of Brunei and his father was the Prince of sulu... Sultan Batara was was sign contracts with the Ming dynasty in China for importing weapons against the Spanish invasion, How the The island in the south China sea got her names BUNGURAN ISLANDS and then transform to Natuna Island.? At the early beginning the islands in the south China Sea was name BUNGURAN ISLANDS before the Sultanate of sulu and North Borneo was ruled all over the territories...The name BUNGURAN was derives from the Tausug word means A GROUPS or a SEVERAL GROUP or A FAMILY ... Example : in bunguran sin buwahan yaun natundun tundun hadja... (the groups of the lanzones fruits are so very much more in many branches) In bunguran sin bituon yaun masawa landuh (tausug) = the family of the stars are very bright (English) (Tausug) BUNGURAN ISLAND = (English) A GROUPS OF SEVERAL ISLANDS After many decades the groups of islands was becames the pirates activity for the human trafficking, the pirates stolen peoples from Taiwan Vietnam and some parts of China takes and sell to Borneo as slaves the spanish was suspected the groups of islands was the home of several pirates.. Then the tausug begins to call the groups of the islands KAPUAN NATUNA... its mean the islands of the SUSPECTED pirates activity ... NATUNA (tausug) mean SUSPECTED (English) NATUNA ISLANDS (Tausug) = SUSPECTED ISLANDS (English) (To be continue)

Nice content. Thank you.

Good day sir, i really love history especially the Sulu Sultanate and political history of our country. I am a graduate but due to pandemic it is really hard to find job right now. Can you please suggest books(pdf) that i can read to widen my knowledge in history. Btw, i love your content. Thank you po.

Nabasa ko na rin yung istorya nito dati. Pero masaya ako kasi marami na ring Pilipino nagkakainteres. Mukhang sobrang bihasa ka rin sa Ming Dynasty... Yongle and Hongwu Emperors were the most interesting Ming emperors.

thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing the history of the past

Thanks for all the lessons sir..😊😊😊

Hello! Very interesting! I'm familiar with this history for a while now and it's great to have somebody narrate this history again. Like your channel a lot! What would you know of descendants of Filipinos being the first governors of Mexico? Again, great channel!

I am proud to be tausog we are already established kahit wala pa pilipinas magpakatotoo tayo tausog mula noon at ngayon di nasasakop ninuman ang tausog..

As an Indian married to a Filipina and settled in Philippines, I am intrigued by many Filipino links to India. This chinese link too needs to be explored further. Great research.

The Beginning of Poon Tao Kong in Sulu The thriving Lannang (Chinese) community in the Sulu Archipelago meant the need for Chinese temple to support the spiritual needs of this community. Thus were constructed the so-called "Poon Tao Kong", which have become colloquial term for Chinese temple on Jolo Island (at Jatî Tunggal, Indanan), Siasi Island and Bongao Island. According to local narrative, during the maritime expedition of Zheng He, a representative was left in Jolo, and became somewhat the local Chinese ambassador on the island. His name was Pei Pei Hsien and when he died he was eulogized as "The Honorable Fountain Head", thus the Chinese term "Poon Tao Kong". His remains was buried at Jatî Tunggal, Indanan, Sulu, where a temple was also constructed. The photos below are what remains of the place. The Poon Tao Kong temple in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, is still in operation and maintain by the local Lannang community. A photo of the facade appears below. We have no info as to the status of the Poon Tao Kong temple in Siasi, Sulu.

Ganyan kalakas ang mga tausug dati. Sayang lang at nawala ito dahil sa pananakop ng mga dayuhan

Thank you Sir . This shows that our roots are deeper than many think. We are brothers to all of our Asian brethren's. I think this will help us not only Filipinos but our brown brethren's understand that we are and have been interacting with one another since then ,either by commerce or even an important cultural exchanges. Thank you Sir . Please keep making this kind of videos that can help the younger generation understand our identity that have been lost in time.

Thanks sir for sharing this video about the Philippines History, looking forward for another episode. God bless the Philippines .

my friends from Sulu will be angry at the term "Filipino" while my historian friends would disagree with the term "sultan" since the name of the king was Paduka Sri Batara... a time when Sulu was still ruled by a devarajah...

Magellan discovered the Philippines? We should rewrite Philippine history from our own viewpoint, not by colonizers like Zaide. When Sultan Batara went to China, the empire was already an economic and military superpower at that time. And yet the emperor treated him as an equal. Western economists acknowledged China as the largest economy in the world during that period until at the end of the 18th century.

He is King Died in Ming Dynasty

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incredible!

Wow amazing facts from the past, I mean there's a deep meaning beyond of all this things, the facts na tau mga Pinoy ay tunay na may malalim na ugnayan sa mga kapit bahay ntn dito sa asya, tumatayo Ang balahino q habng pinapanoud q to at ramdam q sa sarili q totoo to tnx lods for sharing this wonderful information about the history, keep it up, sir☺️

GOOD TO KNOW, AND ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE I CAN TELL MY CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN WITH THE HELP OF YOUR SHOW HERE ON RU-vid.

I love your videos po, i hope you have history about weaponry and martial arts of precolonial.

Sir Kirby, can you enlighten us regarding the sultanate of Sulu how it started ang how ended (if it was indeed dissolved).....? Please.

Masahallah salamat sa hestory now ko lang alam na ganyan pala ang hestory ng sulu

Its Mullah Sultan Paduka Pahalah, sultan of the East 'Tausug" kaya pala malapit talaga yung mga chinese sa tausug

So much thankful people like digging our history in which the school did not teach us with the internet now we learn a lot

Awesome history.....

Wow nice... Hindi ko Alam to.. pero salamat sayo...

it would be so cool if there were a whole subject dedicated to our pre colonial history

Hi Kirby! How can I get a copy of your book? Is it available here in the Philippines? Or should I order it online? Please let me know. Thanks! :) By the way, I am a Social Studies teacher in a public school in Makati City.

Kirby. Can you do a video about kapampangan seafarers? And an ellaborate video about the Macabebe warriors.

Sobrang dami kong natutuhan sayoo, dapat kasama to sa curriculum eh. Sobrang ganda pala ng kasaysayan ng pilipinas noong pre colonial era

Hanggang hangs ako sa depth of knowledge mo tungkol sa ating nakaraan.

mahilig ako sa history, kung saan saan nko nakarating, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, Britain's history, kung saan saan pa pero parang may kulang, yun na nga ung history ng Plipinas. kasi walang masyadong records yung bansa natin about the pre colonial history natin na naibahagi sa mga mamamayan. good to know that there are historians like you who's raising awareness of our history, unknown and unclear to the Filipinos themselves

I like the way you talk, veru understanable

Sobrang ganda NG mga videos mo 😮❤️ Sana talaga madami pa Ang makanood NG mga ito at dumami Ang mga subscriber mo... Natutunan ko na noon pa man pala ay maganda na Ang samahan NG bansang china at NG pilipinas, marapat Lang na panatilihin natin at pag usapan Ang Hindi pag kakaunawaan 🙂

Damn your such a teacher- but good job👍❤

Ganda ng topic. Pero nakakapagod sa mata un kamay pagalaw galaw.

Wait what? New subscriber, I luv the videos but this one I’m kinda questioning. Where did you get this information? This story is eerily similar to “ Brunei’s Sultan buried in China” it’s an article in 2016.

I read some history articles, the king who died in China was from Brunei Kingdom

Right

Can you make a video about the Maguindanao sultanate

Napakagaling mo naman sa prehistory ng Pilipinas. Nagsubscrine ako dahil g

Hi Kirby please have a research on the Rizal Park built in china inaugurated by President Edtrada because accordingly Rizal's ancestors in china use the surname "Ke"

Thats nice kris behind you :)

please talk about Butuan...

I would like to hear from you the Austronesian Theory of Philippines. And what is your take on renaming Philippines into Archesia presented by Gerardo Bautista. Thank you...

I've read some comments describing they've known this for long time, why not show to the world what you know, what to do and how to do according to civilised approach

interesting ...

I like to know the history of it. Can you have the history of Ming Dynasty. In 14th and 15th century i know that Parameswara or better as Sultan Mansyhur Syah visit China as a friendship. But i dont know there is another Sultan visit China. That interesting.

Ang mga tausug ay malapit Ang lingguwahi sa Tagalog..

Sa kdramas it always seems like goryeo or joseon is controlled by the ming while the sulu people are mings friens while korea before is somehow more like them.

After the Covid pandemic, Sir Kirby you can visit your forefather, Inshallah. I'm really interested in the Pre Colonial past of our country, can you recommend some reliable online sites where I can read up on these matters? Thanks!

Dear author, I admire how you try to explain to ordinary Filipinos the ancient history of Malayo Polynesian Ancestors of South East Asia. A comment though, whether true or not; you don't need to made mention your claim to ancestry to ancient Royal Houses as it is futile if not, sounding like a braggart. But keep up your good work, from a fellow history advocate... KUDOS

Thank sir for your video I learn a lot of things about our history, but I'm curious about SABAH MALAYSIA, it is really part of the sultanate of SULU?

hi sir kirby, pwede nyo po ba gawan ng video, about yung pagkapanalo ng sultanate ng sulo, kung saan sinabi ng french arbitral ruling, na dapat magbayad ng 14b dollar ang malaysia, sa renta ng saba..

Paunti-unti ay manunumbalik ang tunay na kasaysayan ng ating bansa.

I watched a movie with same Sulu king dead in China. Except was Song Dynasty instead of Ming.

Ginoo! Maaari po ba kayong gumawa ng isang video tungkol sa libro ni Dr. José Rizal na The Philippines: a century hence? Sobrang kawili-wili, lalo na yung mga kutob/salagimsim nila tungkol sa magiging kabihasnan ng Filipinas kung patuloy 'tong magiging kolonya ng Espanya o kapag nakamtan niya ang kasarinlan.

Kaye po next nyu topic eng ancient kingdom of butuan

Hi Sir, Can you tell me more about Royal Families of Kapampangans? I read somewhere that Laxamanas (Royal Family?) were the first one to revolt against Spaniards.

Good Day! Is there any evidence, historical records that Berbers came to the Philippines? Thanks!

so it means. ang mga chinese sa village na yun ay galing din dito sa pilipinas?? Wow lalo lumalawak ang kaalaman ko sa history i love it.

Bakit ngayon ko lang nalaman toh

Pano sila nagkakaintindihan?

meron po ba recorded history bago nagkaroon ng muslim sa pilipinas. yun bang panahon ni bathala? saan po pwede iresearch ito?

We are lost tribe ophirian people land of gold good job very well research keep digging

hes my ancestor :O

Ang 9-Dash Line nag exist na ba noon?

History tells us, that we’re good freinds and neighbor of China since first recorded History of both Countries.

Who is the king of Butuan?

mahilig ako sa history pero limited yung kaalaman ko. bro, pwedeng pakiresearch kung totoo ba ang mga to: 1) unang scholars daw na mga Filipino mula sa Isla ng Bohol papunta kung saang bansa pinadala? 2) at yung pag-atake ng mga bisaya (PINTADOS) sa eastern coasts of China. Salamat.

hmmm 🤔 how come this is the first time i heard this?

Gusto ko malaman kung pano sila nag co communicate? May neutral language ba sila? Fluent ba sa chinese ang filipinos noon dahil sa mga traders mula sa iba’t ibang bansa? Sobrang interesting ng history ng pilipinas. Pero dahil sa spaniards maraming nawala. Nakaka frustrate.

Do more Tagalog video or taglish

my friend Kirby, please review the history of the Kapampangan people who became Dutch mercenaries and left their mark on the Papanggo sub-district, North Jakarta Municipality. Thank you very much

Ini adalah Video berbahasa Tagalog dari Filipina. Video RU-vid ini memberikan informasi tentang Sultan Sulu, Paduka Pahala, dari Filipina yang membuka hubungan persahabatan dengan China dan membantu China dalam perang melawan Kekaisaran Mongol.

in 1426-1431 Sultan Sharif Ul-Hashim Abu'bkr Zein Ul-Abidin also was the 1363 first Brunei sultan and is the 5th great-grandfather of Maharlika Monarchical Head of all Royal Houses in the Philippines and North Borneo-Sabah, Hrh. Paduka Shah Ahmad Carpenter YuTiamco Arpa-V ibni Maharaja Andinda Taup angging Anddin...........from the grandfather Sayyid Imam Ul-Alam Arpa Taup.

The precolonial time The Philippines was known as Amannillah the name Philippines come from King Philip of Spain.

I'm proud to be Moro.

Kuya Kirby, totoo po bang mahilig sa mga iron ang mga ninuno natin noon? At totoo rin po bang "nangangayaw pangahat" din ang mga ninuno natin sa tsina noon? I heard kasi from someone I know, and he even read me a book that he had with him (I forgot though the title) but it said that there by some chinese sources who mentioned that there were some weird and ugly people covered with black paints in their bodies who would come with boat, whom I believe they refer to Pintados who went to several east coastal communities of china around 1225 to not invade them but weirdly just to take irons from them, from there homes, door knobs...etc it mentioned about the "Feshuye or bashniya "(I dont know how to spell it right). And one of the evidences that caught my attention was it says from their description of those "weird and ugly people covered with black paints" na may tali sa bandang hulihan ng arrows nila. I couldn't find the same book, but it's interesting kasi in school we are thought about our history from the spanish colonialism up-to the Marcos dictatorship, and we even discuss and argue with each other, but I sometimes wondered and ask myself ano naman kaya ang nagyari even before the spanish came? Paano kaya nabuhay ang mga ninuno natin?Paano kaya sila namuhay?...etc. Though there people around me who says na kulang o hindi naman kaya halos walang natirang mga ebidensya about sa past natin before the Spanish, at saka malaki ang naging influence ng mga banyaga sa atin, pero it's still amazing and interesting kasi mayaman tayo sa kultura at iba tayo. Its just that there is something good about the Filipinos that I cant comprehend well how or why, though we face social and political issues and there is the presence of gaps among us, but trying to slowly unravel or perhaps just find it out is interesting, and it deepens our understanding of ourselves. Who knows baka sa pag-aaway away natin sa kung ano-anong mga bagay ay nasa atin lang pala ang problema or baka tayo mismo ang may problema? That is why watching your vid reminded me of this haha but gotta say lovee your discussion haha

I dunno if this is asked already but how did they communicate? What language did the Kings from the Philippines use to communicate with the Emperor?!

Kaya pala malakas ang ming dynasty

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