Rajah_Lakandula

Rajah Lakandula

Rajah Lakandula ) or Lakan Dula (Lakan is the Kapampangan equivalent of Rajah, derived from borrowed Mongol term Khan) was the native tribal chief of Tundun (a large area covering most of what is now present-day Metro Manila), when the Spanish colonization of the Philippine Islands had began. He ruled a community of native Muslim people who lived north of the Pasig River.

He was one of three Muslim chieftains in the Manila area during the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors led by Martín de Goiti and Juan de Salcedo in 1570. He defended Maynilad) from the invading Spaniards and was defeated.

Descendants

In 1587 Magat Salamat, one of the children of Lakan Dula, and Augustin de Legazpi, Lakan Dula's nephew, and the chiefs of modern Tondo, Pandacan, Marikina, Candaba, Navotas and Bulacan were executed for secretly conspiring to revolt against the Spanish settlements.

A mestizo by the name of David Dula y Goiti, a grandson of Lakan Dula with a Spanish mother escaped the persecution of the descendants of Lakan Dula by settling in Isla de Batag, Northern Samar and settled in the placed now called Candawid. Due to his hatred to the Spaniards, he dropped the name Goiti in his surname and adopted a new name David Dulay He was eventualy caught by the Spanish Guardia Civil based in Palapag and was executed together with several followers. They were charged of conspiracy with planning to attack the Spanish settlement.