Editing History of the Philippines (section)

=== Influence of the Madjapahit onto the Philippines ===

During the 1300s, the Chinese annals, ''Nanhai zhi'', reported that Brunei invaded or administered [[Sarawak]] and [[Sabah]] as well as the Philippine kingdoms of [[Rajahnate of Butuan|Butuan]], [[Sultanate of Sulu|Sulu]] and [[Ma-i]] (Mindoro) which would regain their independence at a later date.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ptak |first1=Roderich |title=From Quanzhou to the Sulu Zone and beyond: Questions Related to the Early Fourteenth Century |journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Studies |date=1998 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=269–294 |doi=10.1017/S002246340000744X |jstor=20072046 |s2cid=162707729 }}</ref> Afterwards, the Javanese-centered Hindu empire of [[Majapahit]], in turn invaded Brunei and had briefly ruled the [[Sulu Archipelago]] as recorded in the epic poem [[Nagarakretagama]], which stated that they controlled Solot ([[Sultanate of Sulu|Sulu]]).{{sfn|Rausa-Gomez|1967|loc=Lourdes Rausa-Gomez cited Sir Stamford Raffles, himself citing the 'Traditional History of Java' wherein he said that Manila and Sulu in the Philippines were part of Majapahapit, however she doubted the veracity of Stamford Raffles assertion due to the lack of archaeological evidence between Majapahit and the Philippines in her 1967 article. However, that article has been renderred outdated due to the discovery of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 1989 which proved links between Java and Manila, which makes her dismissal of the Raffles assertion null and the Raffles assertion feasible}}

Eventually, Sulu reestablished independence, and in vengeance, [[Military history of the Philippines|assaulted the Majapahit province of Poni]] ([[Brunei]]) before a fleet from the capital drove them out.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=History for Brunei Darussalam: Sharing our Past|publisher=Curriculum Development Department, Ministry of Education|year=2009|isbn=978-99917-2-372-3|location=|pages=}}</ref>{{sfn|Rausa-Gomez|1967|p=92}}
{{Blockquote |According to Javanese records a Javanese force expelled Sulu
marauders from Brunei during the reign of Angka Wijaya who was the last king to reign over Majapahit. The inhabitants of the Soeloe Islands (in the present Philippines) made an attack against Brunei (in order to obtain camphor), in keeping with their (piratical) nature, but they were driven off by the Javanese soldiers.|Stamford Raffles}}

Sulu reaction against Majapahit Imperialism didn't stop with the sacking of Poni (Brunei) as Sulu also invaded North and [[East Kalimantan]] in Borneo, which were former Majapahit territories.<ref>[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228735802.pdf Reading Song-Ming Records on the Pre-colonial History of the Philippines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213131445/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/228735802.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }} By Wang Zhenping Page 258.</ref> The subsequent start of the Islamic era ushered the slow death of [[Majapahit]] as its provinces eventually seceded and became independent sultanates. With the upsurge of Islam, the remnants of Hindu Majapahit eventually fled to the island of [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Andy Barski, Albert Beaucort  |author2=Bruce Carpenter, Barski|title=Bali and Lombok|year=2007|publisher=Dorling Kindersley, London|isbn=978-0-7566-2878-9|page=46}}</ref>

In Luzon, citing Kapampangan oral legends, [[Nick Joaquin]] wrote about a princess of [[Namayan]] named [[Empress Sasaban|Sasaban]] who married the Emperor of Majapahit, locally known as Soledan and is allegedly the Maharajah Anka Widyaya.<ref name="Odal2000">{{cite book |author=Odal-Devora |first=Grace |chapter=The River Dwellers |title=Pasig: The River of Life |publisher=Unilever Philippines |year=2000 |editor-last=Alejandro |editor-first=Reynaldo Gamboa |pages=43–66 |editor-last2=Yuson |editor-first2=Alfred A. |editor-link2=Alfred Yuson}}</ref>