Great Alliance of Six (21st Century Crisis)

The Great Alliance of Six Kingdoms (Filipino: Alyansang Mahusay ng Anim Kinaharian, Malay: Pakatan Besar di Enam Kerajaan) was a confederation of kingdoms in the Philippine islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, that fought against the Spanish Empire during the Great War in Mindanao and Sulu.

This confederation commenced around 1525 A.D., and consisted of the Rajahnates of Butuan and Bukidnon, and the Sultanates of Maguindanao, Lanao, Sulu and Buluan. It was dissolved around the 1600s, with the defeat of the Maguindanao Sultanate and the incorporation of the Buluan Sultanate as a Spanish protectorate. Lanao and Sulu were left as the standing remnants, who were able to defeat the Spanish forces.

It was officially formed in the Maguindanaon capital of Kuta Wato, when the Moro sultans had one of their first meetings to discuss the concern with the Spanish invasion.

Though initially stereotyped as a war between Muslims and Christians, the truth is that while Muslim tribes dominated much of the southern resistance forces, a mix of all Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Pagan and Animist natives also fought the Spanish armies. For example, the Manobos of Bukidnon and the Butuanons of Butuan were a mix of Catholic and Pagan.