The Gate to the Orient

The Gate to the Orient

Chapter I: The Kingdom of Tondo

On the late 15th Century, the Kingdom of Tondo and its subordinates had essentially completely controlled the Island of Bahi[1], now controlling all the trading ports in Bahi including the port in Aparri (which is a trading port which trades with Japan), the port in Lingayen.

The peoples on on Bahi accepted Islam as a religion of their peoples and the Muslim people and the pagan people are in peace with each other and united as one, on the island of Bahi the same thing happens on the southern island of Mindanao which rendered two major islands resistant to the missionaries and conquistadors.

The rulers in Bahi accepted Islam knowing that it is the religion of their rival Brunei and they were not hesitant to accept it and aside from that the people of Bahi had a population increase in the late 15th century, the acceptance of Islam would cause an increase in population due to the doctrines of Islam promoting population increase.

At this point in time, the language of the people of the Central Plains of of Bahi[2] is obviously lively and shows more prestige compared to the languages around it causing the more similar languages like Ibanag, Irraya and Sambal to flourish along with the language of the Central plains however the speakers are bilingual to the language of the Central plains, however, Tagalog and Ilokano were affected by the increase of the speakers of the language of the Central Plains and are now largely moribund in the present.


1.Luzon
2.OTL known as Kapampangan
 
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Chapter II: Bolkiah
Sultan Bolkiah's marriage to Laila Mecanai, the daughter of Sulu Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra, widened Brunei's influence in the Sulu.

This increased Brunei's wealth as well as extending Islamic teachings in the region, resulting in the influence and power of Brunei reaching its peak during this period. Bolkiah's rule reached from Bulungan (North Borneo) to Johore ), that during this period Brunei was known as Bulungan Johore.


Chapter III: Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He became the first European to sail the Pacific Ocean, and the first to sail around the world. Magellan's voyage proved that the Earth was round.

Born in 1480, his birthplace is not known for sure, except that it was in the north of Portugal. He worked in a royal court where he learned many important skills, including map making, navigation and astronomy. In 1505 he joined the navy. When he worked for Portugal, he went to many parts of the world, such as India, the Spice Islands, East Africa, and Morocco. After he lost his job for the King of Portugal, he went to work for the King of Spain.

He was also the first to sail through the Strait of Magellan, so it was named for him. Magellan went to Brunei and discovered what would be the Philippines namely Madya-as and Cebu, he also discovered Bahi(also known as Selurong to the Malays) and Mindanao.

Charles V of Spain provided him with five ships for the voyage round the world. Only one ship, the Victoria, completed the voyage which included him, he was the first to successfully circumnavigated the world.


Chapter IV: Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, marqués de los Atabillos (1471– June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador. Today, he is known as the conqueror of the Inca Empire. He also founded Lima, La Ciudad de los Reyes, capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain. He was an illegitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro Rodríguez de Aguilar (senior) who as colonel of infantry served in the Italian campaigns under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and in Navarre, with some distinction. His mother was Francisca González Mateos, a woman of slender means from Trujillo. Through his father, Francisco was second cousin to Hernán Cortés, the famed conquistador of Mexico.

In 1502, Pizarro travelled to the New World where he joined in several expeditions to see the Pacific Ocean. In 1513 Pizarro joined the expedition of Nunez de Balboa across the Isthmus of Panama to become one of the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean. In 1524, after hearing stories about the exploration of Peru, he joined Diego de Almagro and Hernando de Soto. Together, they agreed to travel to Peru and look for gold. The expedition was a disaster, but Pizarro made connections with the Inca people. In 1528 he returned to Spain, where the king allowed him to conquer the new land for the sake of Spain. Pizarro himself was to be named governor of Peru.

In 1531 he landed in Peru again, accompanied by not even 300 soldiers, he captured Huayna Capac, who unfortunately died in captivity causing the Incas to fight him under the leadership of Ninan Cuyochi which caused him his own life.

The Incas would later be reached by the Portuguese who offered protection in exchange of conversion to Christianity.
Note
I spared Magellan from his death in this timeline and killed Pizarro.


 
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Changes
On 1520 Bulos of Bahi converted to Islam and assumed also the title of Sultan and at this time a majority of the people of Bahi had already taken Islam as their own religion and also the Islamic population had been reproducing more than the Pagan population, the Pagans and the Muslims remain equal on Bahi and Bahi has good trading relations with Sulu.

On this time, Kulitan which was the script of Central Bahi starts to change in order to accommodate the linguistic characteristics of the languages that it is written like the five vowel language of Central Bahi, which is now known popularly as Bahinese.

At this point in time the various kingdoms in Mindanao had accepted Islam as their religion due to the missionary activity from Sulu, these would later lead to the Sultanate of Maguindanao to be founded later on and like the people of Bahi, the people of Mindanao accepted the Muslim religion easily.

The Muslims of Sulu continually raid the Visayans in order to convert them in their faith, however, the Visayans counter raided the Muslims of Sulu as well, this was written in the epics of the Visayans where in victorious raiders from Visayas against the Muslims are glorified.

Charles V plans to send new explorers to the Indies in order to create colonies there and to make sure that Spain has a connection to China knowing that it is possible to reach China via the Americas after the Magellan expedition.
 
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