Rajah Lakandula

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Lakandula^{[citation needed]} ) or Lakan Dula (Lakan is the Kapampangan equivalent of Rajah, derived from borrowed Mongol term Khan^{[citation needed]}) was the native ruler of Tundun (a large area covering most of what we call Metro Manila today) when the Spanish colonization of the Philippines began. He ruled a community of native Muslim people who lived north of the Pasig River.

He was one of three Muslim rulers in the Manila area during the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors led by Martín de Goiti and Juan de Salcedo in 1570. He defended Maynilad^{[citation needed]}) from the invading Spaniards and was defeated, captured and killed because they were less equipped.

[edit] Descendants

In 1587 Magat Salamat, one of the children of Lakan Dula, and Augustin de Legazpi, Lakan Dula's nephew, and the chiefs of modern Tondo, Pandacan, Marikina, Candaba, Navotas and Bulacan were executed for secretly conspiring to overthrow the Spanish colonizers. Stories were told that Magat Salamat's descendants settled in Hagonoy, Bulacan and many of his descendants spread from this area.^{[citation needed]})

David Dula y Goiti, a grandson of Lakan Dula with a Spanish mother [1] escaped the persecution of the descendants of Lakan Dula by settling in Isla de Batag, Northern Samar and settled in the placed now called Candawid (Kan David). Due to hatred to the Spaniards, he dropped the Goiti in his surname and adopted a new name David Dulay [2]. He was eventually caught by the Guardia Civil based in Palapag and was executed together with seven followers. They were charged with planning to attack the Spanish detachment.