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Together with lakan , apo (central and northern Luzon), [22] sultan, and rajah, they are titles used for native royalty, and are still used frequently in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan. [23] [24] Depending upon the prestige of the sovereign royal family, the title of datu could be equated to royal princes, European dukes, marquesses and counts. [25]
A pre-colonial couple belonging to the datu or nobility as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century.. Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous Indigenous peoples throughout the Philippine archipelago. [1]
The titles of the paramount datu also changed from case to case, including: Sultan in the most Islamized areas of Mindanao; [2] [page needed] lakan among the Tagalogs; [2] [page needed] Thimuay Labi among the Subanen; rajah in polities which traded extensively with Indonesia and Malaysia; or simply Datu in some areas of Mindanao and the Visayas.
Datu in the Visayas and Mindanao which, together with the term Raja ( in the Rajahnate of Cebu and Kingdom of Maynila) and Lakan (title widely used on the island of Luzon), are the Filipino equivalents of "sovereign prince" and thus, glossed as "ruler".
Sometime between 1521 and 1570, Ache succeeded his mother and became Paramount Datu of Maynila, assuming the title of Rajah. [8] By the time of the next historical accounts on Ache in 1570, his co-ruler was his nephew, Sulayman, who also held the title of Rajah.
After the ascension of Rajah Baratamay in 1648, succeeding Datu Maputi, Buayan was heavily influenced by Maguindanao under Sultan Muhammad Kudarat. Eventually, a union between Buayan and Maguindanao would form, but it was made clear to many in the Pulangi River valley that despite Buayan's influence in the interior, Maguindanao was considered ...
This is a list of the titles related to Datuk, or its variant spelling Dato, Dato' or Datu, used in Brunei and Malaysia as titles which are conferred together with certain orders (darjah kebesaran). It may exist in itself as a single-word title, or as the prefix in a string of title such as "Dato Paduka" and "Datuk Seri Panglima".
Datu Sikatuna; Sri Lumay; Rajah Sulayman; Tarik Sulayman; T. Rajah Tupas This page was last edited on 9 May 2023, at 21:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...