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=== Sanmalan===
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[[File:Nagarakertagama.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The ''[[Nagarakretagama]]'', chronicled the rise of the Java-centered [[Majapahit Empire]] and its conquest of the kingdom of Solot ([[Sultanate of Sulu|Sulu]]), which then rebelled and sacked the Majapahit province of Pon-i ([[History of Brunei#Hindu Majapahit invasion of Borneo|Brunei]]).]]
At the same time as the rise of Butuan was the emergence of Sanmalan. Sanmalan was a precolonial Philippine kingdom on what is now [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228735802.pdf|title=Reading Song-Ming Records on the Pre-colonial History of the Philippines|last=Wang|first=Zhenping|journal=Journal of East Asian Cultural Interaction Studies|date=March 31, 2008|via=Kansai University Institutional Reposaitory|archive-date=February 13, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213131445/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228735802.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Known in Chinese records as "Sanmalan" 三麻蘭. The Chinese chronicled during 982, a tribute from its Rajah or King, Chulan, represented at the imperial court by ambassador Ali Bakti.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/FilipinosInChinaBefore1500 FILIPINOS IN CHINA BEFORE 1500] By William Henry Scott (Page 4)</ref> In the 1200s, the Chinese chronicle Zhufan zhi (諸蕃志) recorded its change from a trade emporium to slaving state as Zamboanga began waging war and raiding its neighboring kingdoms in [[Borneo]], [[History of the Philippines (900–1565)|Philippines]], [[Sulawesi]], and [[Ternate]]; for slaves to sell in [[Java]].<ref name="storymaps.arcgis.com"/>