Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat was the 7th Sultan of Maguindanao from 1619 to 1671.
24 Facts About Muhammad Kudarat
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Muhammad Kudarat was a direct descendant of Shariff Kabungsuwan, a Malay-Arab noble from Johor who brought Islam to Mindanao between the 13th and 14th centuries.
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The Soccsksargen province of Sultan Kudarat is named after him, as is the municipality of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, where his descendants, who bear the rank of Datu, are current political leaders.
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Sultan Muhammad Kudarat overshadowed his father, Buisan, and ruled with a strong hand.
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Muhammad Kudarat was probably the strongest and greatest Mindanao sultan that ever lived.
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Muhammad Kudarat fought the Spaniards well and held their sovereignty in check for many years.
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Muhammad Kudarat's sultanate controlled the southern seas for a long time.
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Muhammad Kudarat had a large quantity of gunpowder and firearms, and his fort was strongly fortified.
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Muhammad Kudarat had become more powerful, but he was naturally desirous of peace and made a treaty with the Spanish government.
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Muhammad Kudarat succeeded his father as Sultan of Maguindanao in 1619 and was titled Katchil.
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In 1622, Muhammad Kudarat appeared to have suffered some reverses which led him to sail to Cebu to pillage some artillery from the Spaniards.
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Rajah Buayan Silongan and his brother, Datu Mangubal are the ones who led the first Mindanao defense against the Conquistador Figueroa, thus Muhammad Kudarat grew up in his experienced court inland the Buayan Sultanate.
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Muhammad Kudarat knew that the Dutch were using him as a tool for their own imperialistic policies; so he put in a few conditions of his own which the Dutch were not willing to accept.
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Muhammad Kudarat induced the people there to resist with the result that it took the Spaniards more than two years to pacify the indigenous of Caraga.
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Fear of the growing strength of Muhammad Kudarat led the Spaniards to lead an expedition inland to Mindanao in 1637.
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Muhammad Kudarat brought with his thousands of soldiers and settlers from Peru.
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Muhammad Kudarat was wounded in the defense and he was brought to the interior of the Butig area by his warriors to recover.
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Muhammad Kudarat hurried there to have a conference with the datus of the Lake Lanao.
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Muhammad Kudarat explained to them the effects of submitting to the Spaniards and appealed to Maranao pride and love of independence.
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The famous speech of Sultan Muhammad Kudarat is recorded by a Spanish ambassador to the Maguindanao Sultanate:.
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In 1642, Muhammad Kudarat almost massacred a Spanish expedition coming to attack his new capital in Simuay.
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Muhammad Kudarat was an extremely pious man and fulfilled all of his Islamic duties.
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Muhammad Kudarat died at about 1671 at the age of 90, and his grandchildren referred to him always as Nasir ud-Din.
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Muhammad Kudarat is always remembered in Mindanao even to this day.