Rajah Tupas II (Maharlika Timeline)

Rajah Azim Tupas also known by Rajah Tupas II or Azimuddin Tupas was the Rajah of Sugbu from 1595 to 1602.

He was the son of Rajah Tupas, the preceding rajah, descended from the royal house of Sri Lumay.

Rajah Tupas II is known for ending the historic rivalry between the Visayans and Moros, uniting with the latter, as well as the Muslim rajahnates of Maynila, Sapa and the kingdom of Tondo in Luzon in fighting the Spaniards and their Christian Filipino allies.

Rajah Tupas II led fierce raids against Christian Filipino settlements, burning down unfinished Roman Catholic churches in eastern Visayas. In addition, he also organized allied occupations of Palawan, Bohol and Madja-as, collaborating with the Sultan of Brunei and the Rajah of Maynila in ensuring the Islamization of the indigenous peoples of Palawan.

In 1600, he sent his son, Rajah Alim, to make the hajj to Mecca, becoming the first-recorded Maharlikan native to make the holy pilgrimage.

In 1602, he was killed in a retaliatory Spanish attack, upon his son's return, his son skipped the coronation, and went straight to war-planning, which culminated into the Third Battle of Sugbu, which ended in a Visayan Muslim victory.