FILHISTORY.com -- Filipino weapons & history

Salurong ang dating pangalan ng Maynila

SALURONG (tinatawag ding Saludong, Saludung, Seludong, Selurong, o Selurung) ang dating pangalan ng Kaharian ng Maynila.

Ang pangalang Saludung ay lumabas din sa isang lumang dokumento ng Java, Nagarakretagama, na sinulat noong 1365.

Ang pinanggalingan ng "Manila"

 

Ang "MAYNILA" [MANILA]  ay galing sa katagang "may nila". Ang nila ay isang uri ng halaman na dating marami sa pampang ng Manila Bay.

Isang pananaw tungkol sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

 

Ang diagram sa itaas ay isang balangkas ng kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, ayon kay Propesor Abraham Sakili ng University of the Philippines.

Ang Basilan ay naging teritoryo ng Pransya

 

Mula kay Augusto V. de Viana ng Manila Times, sa artikulong "What ifs in Philippine History" --

What if Basilan remained under France?

"In 1844 negotiations were made with the Sultan of Sulu and the French to buy Basilan island for 100,000 francs. The island was to be used as a trading post. However the French were never able to claim control of the island because of hostile Moros led by Datu Usak. It was suspected that the ignorance of the local customs and language as well as the natives' violent predisposition was responsible for the clashes with the French.

"A party of three Frenchmen was abducted and later released with the intercession of the Spanish governor of Zamboanga after a payment of 2,000 piastres and 1,000 piastres worth of supplies were given to the abductors.

"The French sent troops to hunt down Usak but were never able to capture or kill him. For the first year the French had to spend 2.5 million francs to suppress piracy around the island and 1.7 million francs to make the colony livable. King Louis Philippe reversed the decision to buy the island on July 26, 1845.

"The French preoccupation in Algeria, the inadequacy of the location and the presence of pirates were the reasons for the decision. Spain and England also opposed French moves to colonize the island. Had the French remained in Basilan, the natives, including the Abu Sayyaf bandits, would be speaking French."

"Philippine language tree"

Ang ilustrayon na ito ay mula sa aklat na Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History (1984), ni William Henry Scott.

Isa pang gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon

Narito pa ang isang gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon. Ang deskripsyon sa Metropolitan Museum ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas:

MGA HAWAKAN NG BALARAW

Dalawang hawakan ng pang-seremonyang balaraw, na minodelo sa estilisadong ibong mitiko, na mahaba ang tuka at napapaligiran ng apoy. Marahil ninuno ng sarimanok, simbolo ng maharlikang Maranaw sa Lanao, Mindanaw. Butuanon, ika-10 hanggang ika-13 dantaon.

Ang litrato ay galing sa Bulawan 14 (Journal of Philippine Arts & Culture).

Summary: The gold hilt of this 10th to 13th century Philippine gold dagger was found in northeast Mindanao (Butuan). It was styled after a mythical bird. The design can be the predecessor of the Maranaw sarimanok.

Gintong puluhan ng Dating Panahon

 

Ang caption sa Ayala Museum ng puluhan:

[GOLD] HILT: Northeastern Mindanao; Ca. [circa] 10th - 13th century; 10.5 x 10.5 cm; 64.4 grams

Sana ay mas marami pang tao ang makarating sa Ayala Museum, para makita ang yaman at galing ng mga Pilipino, kahit pa man noong Dating Panahon.

Gintong punyal noong Dating Panahon

Nakalarawan ang mga gintong punyal na maaaring mula sa silangan-hilagang Mindanao (10th to 13th century?). Ang larawan ay hango sa aklat na Consuming Passions: Philippine Collectibles (2003), ni Jaime Laya.

Ganito siguro ang nakita ni Antonio Pigafetta noong 1521 na sukbit ni Raja Kalambu ng Butuan:

"And he [Raja Calambu, of what is now Agusan del Norte province in Mindanao island] was the most handsome person we saw among those peoples. He had very black hair to his shoulders, with a silk cloth on his head, and two large gold rings hanging from his ears. He wore a cotton cloth, embroidered with silk, which covered him from his waist to his knees. At his side he had a dagger, with a long handle, and all of gold, the sheath of which was of carved wood. Withal he wore on his person perfumes of storax and benzoin. He was tawny and painted all over ["pintado", i.e., tattooed all over]. His island is called Butuan and Calaghan."

Sinasabi sa aklat ni Laya na ang mga punyal ay pag-aari ni Tony & Ces Gutierrez.

Ang Filhistory ay nasa Facebook na

 

Ang "logo" ng Filhistory sa Facebook ay si Hadji Abdullah ng Jolo, Sulu.

Ang caption ng litrato ayon sa Morolandhistory.com:

"The indomitable Hadji Abdullah of Jolo with pearl-handled revolver and .30-40 Krag gifted by [William Howard] Taft".

Mayroon ding siyang sukbit na junggayan na kris (o kalis), na may puluhang hugis kakatua, na gawa sa marpil o garing (ivory).

Palagiang bisitahin din ang Filhistory sa Facebook!

Sandatang Moro (circa 1910)

Ang larawang ito ay mula sa isang post card na tanyag sa Pilipinas noong circa 1910.

Ang mga nakikita dito ay: kris (o kalis o sundang), kris, kris, kris, kampilan, kris, barung (o barong), barung, barung, at pira.

Sa Morolandhistory.com ay sinanabi na ang mga ito ay "[US] army collection".