| House of Salalila ᜐᜎᜎᜒᜎ (Tagalog) 薩拉利拉 (Chinese) | |
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| Ethnicity | Tagalog, Kapampangan, Hui, Hunhe |
| Place of birth |  Selurong, Kupanam |
| Information | |
| Founder | Rajah Ahmad (semi-legendary, original) Prince Shahir (modern-day) |
| Notable members | Rajah Matanda Rajah Sulayman Princess Maryam Prince Shahir Princess Latifa |
| Current Head | Prince Shahir I |
| Estate | Selurong, Kupanam Fànwǎn, Kupanam Pasay City, Kupanam |
The House of Salalila (Tagalog: ᜐᜎᜎᜒᜎ; Chinese: 薩拉利拉) is a royal family in Kupanam of princely rank and Muslim faith. They currently bear the titles Prince/Princess of Pasig. They are descended from Rajah Sulayman, the most well-known member of the royal family, however their lineages can be traced all the way back to the 1200s, to a figure by the name of Rajah Ahmad.
Although originally a Hindu dynasty, the royal family adopted Buddhism when
The modern-day surviving line is descended from Rajah Sulayman's granddaughter Princess Maryram Guinyamat, who married a Prince Ahmad Turingan.
History[]
The history of the House of Salalila is shrowded in partial legend and partial mystery. According to legend, the Rajahnate or Principality of Maynila was found as a Muslim principality by a prince named Rajah Ahmad who defeated Majapahit forces led by Rajah Avirjirkaya.
However what is confirmed history is that Maynila was already a thriving Muslim principality under the vassalage of the Sultanate of Brunei, ruled by rajahs at the time of the Spanish encounter - who encountered two of its members, Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman.
Because Spain never invades the "would be Philippines", instead Limahong conquers it and establishes the Haidao dynasty, Rajah Sulayman still survives. He married a Bruneian princess and conceived two daughters and a son named Rajang Bago. Limahong forms a treaty with the "Three Kings" to divide their domain over Luzon. "Rajang Bago" becomes Rajah Muzafar.
Rajah Sulayman's two surviving daughters were crowrned as Princess Pasay and Princess Yuling (a name given to her by the Chinese), Princess Tanna married Bornean Muslim datus, and had two daughters: Princess Dahitim and Princess Maryam. Princess Pasay inherited lots of land from Rajah Sulayman, and she went to go find a city down south, modern-day city of Pasay.
Under the Zheng dynasty and Tungning rule[]
In the years to follow the establishing of the Haidao dyansty, Islam continued to spread to the southern Tagalog regions, while many other Tagalog clans became Buddhists as a result of the Haidao rule. In 1662, Koxinga invaded Luzon and put an end to the Haidao dynasty. The southern Tagalog kingdoms, as well as the Kapampangan datus, allied with the Haidaos, only to end up in defeat.
In our OTL, Spain put an end to the Bruneian Empire's hegemony, here, it is the forces of Koxinga. Eventually, Rajah Salim, the head of the House of Sulayman, and Lakan Ayop of Tondo met with the troops of Koxinga to negotiate a surrender. Rajah Salim agreed that in exchange for Zheng hegemony over the Pasig, that the Muslims would continue to be able to practice their faiths. Lakan Ayop adopted Buddhism, and allowed the Zheng dynasty to build temples in Tondo, Lakan Ayop was honored as Prince Guāngróng of Tondo.
Rajah Salim now accepted his rule as a vassal prince to the Zheng dynasty, Rajah Salim, and the House of Salaalila traveled to Pangasinan, re-named as Yanjin ("salt city"), to proclaim Koxinga as the Jīhuì Emperor. The Jīhuì Emperor rarely interfered with the Tagalog Muslims, or the House of Salaalila, and they continued to practice Islam, and the Pasig continued to become Tungning's funnel to the Malay world, where Malay language continued to thrive alongside Chinese. Additionally, the Jīhuì Emperor started the construction of Selurong Imperial Complex, containing the Forebidden City of Selurong for multiple reasons, to give proper housing to the House of Salaalila, to house the Jīhuì Emperor during visits to Selurong, and form an elite community. The Selurong Imperial Complex stands where OTL Intramuros is, and later as part of the British Concession of Selurong, it was expanded.
Although the House of Saalalila was Muslim - they didn't always follow strict, traditional Islamic royal traditions. For example, women could inherit the throne, and the line could be passed on through women.
The royal family met the zenith of their influence during the reign of Rajah Salim II, who united the Tagalog Muslims. Additionally, Rajah Salim II became a powerful and influential Muslim in the Tungning royal court and thus, is considered one of the earliest "Tagalog nationalists". Salim II married a Hui woman by the name of Xingyue. The Tagalog Buddhists of modern-day Bulacan however, chose not to remain part of Salim II's domain, worried that he may force Islam onto them, as Bulacan remained a stronghold for Tagalog Buddhists.
In 1733, under the leadership of Rajah Walid, Selurong's once Muslim majority was being slowly paced and outnumbered by Chinese and Tagalog Buddhists. However, the family still had the safe haven of Pasay City, named after Princess Pasay, one of the daughters of Rajah Sulayman. Eventually, Pasay City became the new stronghold of the House of Salaalila.
Under British rule[]
In 1762, the British Concession was established in Selurong. The Tagalogs attempted to use the British invasion to their advantage, to try to wrestle for independence against the Empire of Tunjing. The British Empire however, had no intentions on forming a Muslim vassal state, but rather a concession. Thus, the British signed the Luzon Treaty with the Tungning Empire, established British Luzon with Selurong as its capital city.
The Kingdom of Luzon was a British vassal state, with Rajah Tamir as the vassal King. The Kingdom of Luzon remaned a multi-ethnic state straddled between Tagalog and Chinese culture. During this phase of Tungningian history, the Salaalila families become prominent generals, diplomats and leaders within the Army of Luzon.
The Qing dynasty, an enemy of the Ming dynasty, used the past rivalry to try to go war against the British Empire for control of Luzon. Rajah Tamir's second-eldest son, Rajah Muda Khalid, served with the now British-controlled Royal Luzon Force against the Qing invasion.