Glory in Malacca
Preface
This timeline is a timeline that I wanted to make, I wanted to make a timeline where in Luzon and Mindanao both resist the Spanish at the same time but the scenario is similar to OTL.
In OTL Mindanaoans warred against the Spanish and the areas occupied by the Spanish were ethnically cleansed and now speak Bisaya, in Luzon in OTL the tribes near the coast allied with the Spanish and for that reason Luzon was Christianized and the tribes who were hostile to christianization either became extinct or became a minor minority.
The Prototype of this timeline is Magellan in Edo, but I decided that I want a timeline that has the OTL events but the people acted differently and Luzon had more population, hostile pagans and faithful muslims, I decided to abandon the Columbus timeline because I don't like messing up the marriages which requires much detail for me but I am also continuing the John I of France timeline and the "Philippines and the Three Renegade countries" timeline.
Act 1
Malacca and Mactan
A first attack by the Portuguese failed on 25 July 1511. Albuquerque's captains spoke against another attempt, but he struck again, succeeding in capturing Malacca in August, despite strong resistance and the presence of artillery on the Malaccan side. In celebration, Tristão da Cunha was sent to Pope Leo X in Rome with rich presents including the elephant that the pope named Hanno.
Albuquerque then built a fort to strengthen the Portuguese position, the Fort A Famosa, remains of which are still visible to this day. He also dispatched some ships to the "Spice Islands". Albuquerque returned to Cochin in January 1512. The Portuguese engaged in a massacre of the Muslim inhabitants and also of the Arab community in Malacca. The invasion was specifically intended to break the Arab trade monopoly in spices.
The Portuguese encountered private Chinese merchants trading in Malacca, these merchants were not controlled by the Chinese government, which neither encouraged nor supported them in their trading activities, only collecting taxes from them. Trading was technically illegal under Chinese law, the only trade that was legal was that of tribute missions.
Five of these Chinese merchants who had a dispute with the Malaccan Sultan, who had earlier seized their junks and crew to use against the King of Daru in a war, so these merchants gave the junks to the Portuguese who used them to smuggle in soldiers during the attack. After the Portuguese captured and looted the city, they spared the property of the five merchants.
When the Malaccan Sultan sent a message to the Emperor of China to ask for help against the Portuguese, the Chinese ordered their tributary Siam (then known as the Ayutthaya Kingdom or Thailand) and other neighbors of Malacca to come to Malacca's aid and fight the Portuguese, and the Chinese demanded that the Portuguese leave Malacca.
The Ayuthaya helped Malacca in fighting against the Portuguese and expelled the Portuguese in Malacca, this destroyed the ambitions of the Portuguese in Malacca, Venice defended their interests in the East as well by starting to attack the Portuguese in India, the Portuguese ports and colonies were siezed by Venice.
In the meantime, the Japanese were in the coast of Bannag in Kamalanyugan in the North of Bahi knew about the new developments in Malacca and the people in Malacca had just experienced a victory against the encroaching Portuguese
The people of Bahi, a few decades before this had been starting to be firmly islamized due to the nobles in Bahi having a different mindset about things.
A few years after the Battle of Malacca was a victory Lapu-Lapu became one of two datus of Mactan before the Spanish arrived in the archipelago, the other being a certain Zula. When Portuguese explorer and conquistador Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in the service of Spain, Zula was one of those who gave tribute to the Spanish king while Lapu-Lapu refused. Others suggest that the Battle of Mactan occurred in Mactang, Camotes Island.
On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu led 3,000 warriors in a battle against Portuguese explorer and conquistador Ferdinand Magellan who led a force of forty-nine Spanish soldiers and 6000 native warriors from Cebu. During the battle Magellan and several of his men were killed.
Decades later, on 1571 after Legazpi's arrival from Cebu which he had already chrisitanized he decided that he wanted riches in Selurong because he heard of the gold deposits there with his missionaries in Bahi/Selurong his missionaries were attacked by the people in Bahi/Selurong where ever he goes on Batangas especially, the pagans who he converted there decieved him at first and pretended to convert and gone to towns made by friars but the people would later leave a day after and become pagans again and also they met strong resistance from Muslims there who never want to convert and the same would happen to the Spanish that try to prosetylize in Mindanao island.
Lakan Suleiman starts to reign on the Polity of Tondo on 1573, his enemy is Lakan Dula or Dula who is also claiming the Lakan title, the two are about to battle for the control of Selurong or Mayi called as Selurong or Bahi, the Japanese at this point have a name for Selurong or Mayi or Tondo and it is Umaikoku, the alternate names are Tsundzun(Tundun) and Bahi.
Lakan Suleiman was able to make the people of Selurong unite and rally over him and Lakandula had no choice but to give up his own claims, the capital moved to Makabebe and the people of Selurong no longer want to be associated with Brunei so Lakan Suleiman decided to sever its ties to Brunei after he strengthened his rule there, Lakan Suleiman had a problem with Limahong but he decided that Limahong should be granted some land where he can rule, he gave Limahong the cities of Manila and Tondo as fiefs to rule.