Rajah Tupas III (Maharlika Timeline)

Rajah Zafaruddin Tupas, originally born as Alim Tupas, also known by Rajah Tupas III, was the Rajah of Sugbu from 1602 to 1640.

He is the longest-reigning Visayan rajah in Maharlikan history, and survived more than four years of war against the Spaniards and Christian Filipinos.

He led the famous Cavite raid, upon hearing word that the Spaniards captured Ternate, and deported the sultan and his family to Cavite, Tupas III launched a Sulu-backed attack on Cavite, followed by a concurent attack by 1,000 Tagalog Muslims and 700 Kapampangan Muslims from Maynila, Namayan and Tondo.

The Muslim armies rescued the imprisoned sultan, and sent him to govern the kedatuans in Palawan. The Muslim datus used severed heads of Spanish soldiers, friars and Filipinos and decorated Intramuros with it as a warning against the Spaniards for attempting to destroy the sovereignty of the Muslims of the Malay Archipelago.