Kingdom of Bukidnon (21st Century Crisis)

The Rajahnate of Bukidnon (Manobo: Mata Bukidnon, Malay: Kerajaan Bukidnon, Chinese: 王國中的提示, Spanish: Reino de Bukidnon) was a kingdom, located in northern-central part of the Philippine island of Mindanao. It covered a huge area, ecompassing an area similar to that of the modern-day Bukidnon Province. It was formed one of the six "Great Kingdoms of Mindanao".

The king was discovered by Chinese travellers to the island around 983 A.D., who referred to it as "Wángguó Zhōng de Tíshì", or the "kingdom at the tip", due to the location of the kingdom at the near-tip of Mindanao. The king, was an invidual the Chinese referred to as "Jīn Qiáng", literally meaning "strong king" in Chinese.

The kingdom prospered, and traded with the nearby Rajahnate of Butuan located in northeastern Mindanao. At that point, the Manobo kings of Bukidnon adopted Indian influence, with their king, by the name of Gamhanan taking the title "Rajah" and adhering to Hindu deities around 1130 A.D. At that same time, Srivijayans arrived to commence relations between the Rajahnate of Bukidnon and the Srivijayan Empire, forging an allyship between the two nations.

During the Spanish expedition into Mindanao, the conquistadors encountered a king by the name of Aluy in 1521 around the same time they encountered the rulers of Butuan. Rajah Aluy, though weary of the Spanish conquistadors, converted to Roman Catholicism and was given the name and title of Don Pedro.

However, later on, along with the other natives of Mindanao, Don Pedro rebelled and joined with the other five kingdoms: the Sultanate of Maguindanao, Sulu, Lanao, Buluan and Kingdom of Butuan in the war effort against the Spanish Empire, forming the "Great Alliance of Six". However, Don Pedro was killed in battle, and the Spanish ended up vanquishing the kingdom's forces, resulting in the retreat of the Manobos into the mountains.