Sultanate of Manila (World of Sultans)

The Sultanate of Manila (Jawi: كسولتانن سلوروڠ Kesultanan Selurong) (Arabic: سلطنة مانيلا) (Tagalog: Kasultanan ng Maynila) (Spanish:Sultanato de Manila) was the period of Muslim rule in what is now Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines and the areas south of the Pasig River since the reign of Rajah Sulayman from 1571-1575 to the reign of Don Carlos Safaruddin from 1698-1760.

Rajah Sulayman signed a treaty with Spain, allowing the Sultanate to exist as a special autonomous province within New Spain while he ceded some control to Spain, what would become the Province of Manila which became a Christian area.

The sultanate was ruled by Rajah Sulayman's descendants. Although referred to as a "sultanate", its rulers never extensively used the term, retaining the titles "rajah" and "datu" almost extensively, as seen with Rajah Sulayman II (not to be mistaken for Ache). The term "sultan" first fell into use by Rajah Sulayman's grandson Hassanal Sulayman who is presumabely considered the first true "Sultan" of Manila, and used extensively by the fifth sultan Kaseem Abdullah.

Sultanate of Manila is also often associated with the Islamic Rajahnate of Manila, which the Malay name "Selurong" first appears which why some historians argue that Rajah Sulayman was the first sultan.