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The Pearl of the Orient
On the later part of of 15th century Bruneians expanded from Palawan and took the Sulu Sultanate as a vassal and vassalized the chiefdoms of Kumintang and annexed the towns of Kota Saludong and Tundun which made them in conflict with the nobles of Saludong which made the Bruneians make a marriage between Dayang Panginoon and one of the Saludongese nobles.
It is said that the marriage of Dayang Panginoon islam came to the north but the entrance of Islam is said is to come from the marriage since Islam only became significant after that marriage and Muslims in Saludong would start to be have a majority in Faru[1], Binalatongan and Makabebe in the mid-16th century which would lead in the later formation of the Sultanate of Saludong.
Earlier before the conquest of Tundun and Kota Saludong the land of Saludong whose part is called as Sanfotsi by the Chinese fell into Majapahit influence after the marriage of Sasaban to the legendary emperor Solodan of Majapahit and solidified it after her sons came back to Saludong according to the oral histories.
Magindanaw is beginning to accept Islam, the islamic population would start to predominate in Lusung and Tundun which is under the scions of Borneans, Sharif Kabungsuwan would establish his own sultanate of Maguindanao which would start the spread of Islam in Mindanao.
In the area between Magindanaw, Sulu and Saludong and the area which are under Bruneian and Muslims are the Animist Buddhist Visayans who are hostile to proselytization of the Muslims in the south which is sponsored by Brunei.
The Epic of Sasaban and Epic of Kumintang
The Epic of Princess Sasaban which is the Epic known in Saludong and it is said on the Epic that in the late 13th century, Princess Sasaban known as Maginganay and Kanoyan in many sources married Emperor Solodan who is identified as Emperor Raden Wijaya, she had two suitors which includes the later Emperor Solodan but chosen Solodan as her own husband in the end and she would give birth to three sons named Bagtas, Mandukit and Dikyaw and her husband would be crowned an Emperor after their marriage.
The Epic of Kumintang would be about Datu Dumangsil and the story about Kumintang and about the three sons of Empress Sasaban; namely Bagtas, Mandukit and Dikyaw who arrived to Saludong after they were summoned by their father to their mother’s land.
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This are either in OTL or Butterflies..
1.Faru is OTL Aparri