Chapter II
Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)
928 CE
January:Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen
(920 - 966)
928 CE
In the Kraton of the Sugbuanon capital Nahalin, the monarch Datu Daya Daanbantayan had formally proclaimed his eldest son Datu Arapayan as his definitive heir to the throne of the island-kingdom in a solemn ceremony that was held in the main banquet room within the Middle Court of the Sugbuanon royal palace complex. The said ceremony was attended by some of the well-known and influential personalities in the Sugbuanon society in general, in which includes well-known traders, noblemen who were actually relatives of the local chieftains of towns and villages across Sugbu, senior members of the kingdom's bureaucratic class, chief priests of the principal Sugbuanon temples across the island and foreign dignitaries. At the time of his confirmation as the definitive heir presumptive to the Sugbuanon throne, the twenty-one-year-old Datu Arapayan was already skilled in matters related to both military and government, as he was studied under the personalized guidance of some of the well-known generals and scholars from across the island-kingdom; in fact, it was considered prestigious and very important for a learned man within Sugbu that he was personally invited by the monarch to the Kraton of Nahalin to teach the royal children personally. Upon his newly-confirmed status as the crown prince of Sugbu, Datu Arapayan would inherit the Kraton of Daanbantayan, his original hometown, as his permanent residence until he succeeded to the throne as the new monarch.
February-March:
The chief priest (Punung Kiyai) of the Bulud Talim temple complex Apu Abal-abal nan Buludanayup had received a personal scrolled letter from the chief minister of the kingdom (Pangulu) Gat Tirugaruda nan Balaybakawan back in the Kraton of Tondo, in which he informed the former that the proposal that the principal priests of some of the most important and sacred temples in the Luuk-speaking heartland of Tondo-Namayan has been approved by the Council of State of the kingdom and a decree related to such decision has already been written and personally approved by the monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen based on the written version of what have been decided in the said session of the council. Nonetheless, the chief minister has reminded the Punung Kiyai that the election of the chief priest of the Bulud Talim temple complex would still retain, as it was already a tradition among the Luuk-speaking priestly class to choose their supreme leader because of the fact that the temple complex at Bulud Talim was considered as the most sacred and important of all shrines and temples; in addition, Gat Tirugaruda has also indicated that the chief priest of the temple complex at Liangan would be chosen from an assembly of priests as well, as it was decided through a decision of the Minister of Center
Apu Dabung nan Daambalayanan to elevate it into one of the most important and sacred, after the principal temple at Bulud Talim. After the New Year festivities, scrolled copies of the royal decree (and the decision made by the Council of State) was made available in all shrines and temples across the Luuk-speaking heartland; it was noted that for the very first time, paper was used in writing documents like decrees and edicts, although it was always accompanied by scrolls written in abaca fiber.
April:Apu Dabung nan Daambalayanan to elevate it into one of the most important and sacred, after the principal temple at Bulud Talim. After the New Year festivities, scrolled copies of the royal decree (and the decision made by the Council of State) was made available in all shrines and temples across the Luuk-speaking heartland; it was noted that for the very first time, paper was used in writing documents like decrees and edicts, although it was always accompanied by scrolls written in abaca fiber.
Accompanied by a small entourage of courtiers and bureaucrats, the monarch of the western Visayan kingdom of Akean Datu Dinangandan it Anilawan had arrived in the principal port of Namayan, where he was formally greeted by the Secretary of State Kaburaw Balaykatana and some of the courtiers of the Kraton of Tondo. Upon their arrival in the throne room within the Middle Court of the principal royal palace complex of the the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, the Akeanon monarch presented himself before the presence of his Luuk-speaking counterpart Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of Tondo-Namayan. Speaking in Luuk language with a slight Akeanon accent, Datu Dinangdanan said that his gesture was his way of paying his own homage to the sovereign ruler of the most influential political entity in the archipelago; it was revealed from the Akeanon monarch that even distant kingdoms such as Magahat, Buglas and Sugbo also felt the presence of Tondo-Namayan in their shores, particularly through their intermediaries in the Rade Confederation. As the purpose of the visit of the Akeanon monarch was to strengthen the relationship between the two kingdoms, it included a state banquet held in the state dining hall within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo, in which both Datu Dinangandan and Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen reaffirmed the strength of the relationship between Akean and Tondo-Namayan. The diplomatic visit of the Akeanon monarch in the kingdom of Tondo-Namayan lasted more than a week.
May:
Scrolled reports has reached the personal quarters of the Ministry of Military Gat Tumbaga nan Bulawandanum within the Outer Court of the Kraton of Tondo from the border region of southeastern Kumintang that the forces of the Balaybasud clan gained new alliances as scions of the rival Manide-Inagta clans were starting to defect to the said clan as spies hired by the Balaybasuds and their allies has successfully infiltrated the troops of their rivals and presented before their commanders the secrets of the rival forces, particularly those who were the most vulnerable battalions within the rival clans' troops, particularly the battalions who would plan to defect,and most importantly their general weaknesses. It was indicated from the scrolled letters sent by both general Apu Balulang nan Dakel-na-banaba and Gat Tungaw nan Haringadlaw-Daraga that the young diplomat Apu Tirutapang nan Balaybasud was teaching the technique of espionage among the newly-recruited Manide-Inagta warriors, particularly those who defected recently. Meanwhile, the refugees who fled at the outbreak of the civil war had returned to their original homes, especially in the areas where the Balaybasud troops won decisive victories, which at that moment occupied more than half of the Manide-Inagta territory; even the Balaybasud troops, as the scrolled reports also noted, helped on the reconstruction of the villages across the liberated territory.
June:
While bartering was still practices among the traders within the Ifugaw Confederation, its current confederate leader Apu Wigan nan Bokiawan had formally decided through a special decree, which was written in his relatively modest residential complex in the Ifugaw confederate capital Banawe, that coins would be also used in trading within the Ifugaw region. In the said decree, which was actually the result of a common decision that was agreed upon in the recent assembly of all the chieftains across the Ifugaw Confederation, Apu Wigan nan Bokiawan had indicated that since the region wasn't yet capable of using its own coinage, cowrie shells and used coin trees from the neighboring countries, most notably from the Samtoy Confederation, would be used by the traders (and common Ifugaw folk in general) while transacting in every Ifugaw town and village. In addition, the same decree had also indicated that the animal teeth, which was also used in some of the necklaces that used by the Ifugaw society in general, was also recommended as a piece of monetary value.
Necklaces made of animal teeth
Necklaces made of animal teeth
July:Almost thirty-three years after Kamayin na Nangkayan presented before Gat Ama Perajaya the scrolled letter in which the chieftains of the Kaboloan region appealed to the former Haringadlaw sovereign to accept their unanimous request for vassalage under the Luuk-speaking kingdom of Tondo-Namayan, his son Apu Lakay na Nangkayan had presented himself before the current monarch Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen and the rest of the royal court of Tondo-Namayan in the throne room within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo that his native homeland was now unified under a confederation, in which his eldest brother Apu Kaboloan was proclaimed the paramount leaders of all Kabunian-speaking lands, both in the lowlands and in the highlands. The youngest son of the deceased Apo Kamayin explained that at the time his father presented himself in the principal royal palace complex of Tondo-Namayan, the chieftains of the principal Kaboloan city-states like Binalotongan and Agoo were starting to talk about unifying the region, sharing responsibilities in affairs such as trade, defense and even culture and arts. Apu Lakay continued that his father was ultimately chosen as the first paramount leader of the Kaboloan Confederation, a role that he assumed whole-heartedly until his death a couple of years ago; he continued that reason why his father wasn't able to communicate with the royal court of Tondo-Namayan because he was busy consolidating the whole region under his guidance and rule. Nonetheless, Apu Lakay has affirmed the loyalty of the Kaboloan Confederacy as the vassal state of Tondo-Namayan.
August:
The arrival of Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and his Sambal followers, most of whom served previously in the militia of the neighboring kingdom of Sisuan, in the Nusang Sambal had unexpectedly caught everyone, particularly the aristocracy and the feuding factions of the Ulumbulud clan, who never thought that the youngest son of the current monarch of a fellow vassal state of Tondo-Namayan would carry out such action, especially if it was officially sanction by the current monarch of the Luuk-speaking kingdom (and their overlord) Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen. When Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat and his men had occupied the center of the erstwhile Sambal royal government, the Kraton of Ulungapu, he immediately summoned the leaders of the principal clans in the whole region who already expressed their support to the former's spouse Dayambai Mangalagar nin Ulungbulud and her quest as the rightful sovereign of Nusang Sambal through a series of scrolled letters. Because of the fact that the whole kingdom was already in disarray, some of the soldiers serving in the remaining battalions of the Sambal militia, most of whom had remained their loyalty to the direct line of the Ulungbulud royal clan, was personally sent by Apu Lakanapi nin Arayat to protect the messenger from being attacked by the rival clans.
A Sambal common couple
Boxer Codex
September-October:A Sambal common couple
Boxer Codex
Rumors have circulated within the diplomatic community in the Palaw'anen capital Taytay that a sector of courtiers and senior officials within the Kraton of Taytay was concocting a plot that would overthrow the current monarch Tungkuyanin and his consort Dayang Mayari nan Haringadlaw from the throne of Palaw'an; according to such rumors, the said officials had approached a group of Palaw'anen nobles who secretly resented the current leadership of the monarch Tungkuyanin, especially because of the foreign origin of Dayang Mayari, whom these nobles had accused of being manipulative and "aiding the elements that had undermined and continued to undermine the greatness of the kingdom", referring to the territorial concessions that the island-kingdom had committed in the past, particularly the cession of its control over the city-states in the southern part of Mangarin island. It has been agreed among the rebel nobles and court officials that a rival scion of the ruling clan, who was currently headed by the nobleman and former military officer Gat Upa Kuwan nan Kuaybulud-Dugi and based in the southern town of Taniongbobog, was their choice to lead the island-kingdom, and for a reason: The Kuaybulud-Dugi clan was expelled from the clans considered for succession to the Palaw-anen throne because the latter has argued that Palaw'an should retain its influence in southern part of Mangarin/Kalamian to the point of declaring an armed conflict with Tondo-Namayan, something that the current monarch Tungkuyanin had openly disagree with. Such rumors has reached the Kraton of Tondo when the chief emissary of the Khmer Empire in the court of Tondo-Namayan Gouch Mun received a scrolled letter from his brother Gouch Damrong, the chief emissary of Nanggar in the Palaw'anen court, referring to the events that was happening within the Kraton of Taytay. Because of such relatively sensitive nature of the scrolled letter, Gouch Mun has personally approached the monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen in a closed-door meeting in the latter's personal quarters within the Middle Court of the Kraton of Tondo; it was said that the current Haringadlaw monarch was preoccupied of the situation of her sister and the rest of the Palaw'anen royal family if such situation had succeed, and reportedly ordered some of the courtiers and royal guards to go to the northern frontier town of Gatus-na-Kapok to search for a residence that would shelter the Palaw'anen royal family (Kuaybulud) and their loyal servants when such events happened.
November-December:
The royal decree written and signed by the monarch of Tondo-Namayan Dayang Katangkuntu Inangpen has assigned paper-making factories across the Luuk-speaking homeland within the kingdom alongside the already existing abaca factories. According to the said decree, the reason behind this decision was as both abaca and paper would be used as medium for writing documents, formal and otherwise, it was indeed necessary for the workers of both papermaking and abaca to cooperate with each other to develop their own craft, especial in the skills of papermaking; it was though indicated in the royal decree that there would be transition to the exclusive use of paper as the medium for writing documents, as it was planned that the production of abaca would be used in the future in the future for making clothes. Nonetheless, the royal decree continued, older documents written exclusively in abaca would still be preserved; in addition, documents written in paper would be preserved in the same way as its abaca counterparts: encased in a richly decorated cylinder that resembled cut bamboo stalks, or in some cases, a cut (large) bamboo stalk. In effect, papermaking factories were being built in every part of the Luuk-speaking territory, more often alongside or in front of their counterparts in abaca fiber making, mostly under the supervision of the local authorities there.
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