Part 2 (Muslim)

• sources of muslim pre-colonial history

  • written accounts
  • artifacts
• examples of early written accounts

  • koran
  • tarsila - ang nakasulat na salaysay tungkol sa pinagmulan ng isang lahi o angkan sa mga Muslim
• examples of artifacts

  • sarimanok - maranao; used by the muslim groups in southern mindanao
  • rectangular coffin
  • anthropomorphic - human-like figures
• katangian ng mga sinaunang pamayanang pilipino

  • islamikong mindanao (sulu at maguindanao)
  • sentralisadong pamahalaan
  • bukas sa kalakalang panlabas
• sentralisadong pamahalaan

  • estadong islamiko
  • ummah (komunidad sa islam) - sa ilalim ng sistemang sultanato (namamana, pagdedesisyon kasama ang mga tagapayo)
• system of writing - laguna copperplate
• laguna copperplate ay naglalaman ng mga pagkakautang at bayaran. ano ang pinapatunayan nito?


  1. proof of existence of writing (not baybayin)
  2. koneksyon sa ibang rehiyon
  3. economic system
  4. legal document means there are complex laws and codes
• sistema ng pagsulat - baybayin
• doctrina christiana - first book published in the philippines
• UST document (example of baybayin document) year 1613

  • documentation of a sale of tubigan (irrigated land)
  • in one of the earliest documents in the philippines, one of the protagonists is a woman
• did women have roles in the society before?

  • yes, in one of the earliest documents in the philippines, one of the protagonists is a woman.
  • they have important roles even before the spanish colonialism.
  • they have properties, and were active in shaping their history (they sold lands, they were named)