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t. e. In the Philippine languages, a system of titles and honorifics was used extensively during the pre-colonial era, mostly by the Tagalogs and Visayans. These were borrowed from the Malay system of honorifics obtained from the Moro peoples of Mindanao, which in turn was based on the Indianized Sanskrit honorifics system [1] and the Chinese's ...
Rajah Matanda. An old Tagalog king or noble illustrated in the 1590s Manila manuscript. It is assumed that King Aki would have worn similar regalia. Akí (c. 1500s - 1572; Old Spanish orthography: Rája Aché or Raxa Ache, pronounced Aki ), [2] also known as Rája Matandâ ("the Old King"), [3] was King of Luzon who ruled from the kingdom's ...
Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Raja ( / ˈrɑːdʒɑː /; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The title was used by Indian sovereign monarchs, vassal rulers and highest ...
(Tagalog: ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜊᜒᜈᜒ) A Princess also a Court lady: Dayang-dayang (Tagalog: ᜇᜌᜅ᜔ ᜇᜌᜅ᜔, Arabic: دايڠ دايڠ) A Princess also a Court lady later become Queen consort of a Sultan or a Raja in Mindanao: Sultana: Arabic: سلطانه (sulṭānah) An Islamic title and a feminine form of the word Sultan. This term ...
Rí, Gaelic title meaning king, of which there were several grades, the highest being Ard Rí (high king). Cognate with Indian Raja, Latin Rex, and ancient Gaulish Rix. Raja, Sanskrit, later Hindustani, for "king". Cognate with Latin Rex, Irish Rí, Armenian Arqa, etc. The female equivalent is Rani. The Filipino feminine equivalent is Hara.
Rajah Sulayman. For other people named Suleiman, see Suleiman (disambiguation). Sulayman, sometimes referred to as Sulayman III ( Arabic script: سليمان, Abecedario: Solimán) (d. 1590s), [ 1] was a Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Luzon in the 16th century and was a nephew of King Ache of Luzon. He was the commander of Luzonian forces in ...
Bharata, the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, was conferred the title of cakravartin samrāj, according to some legends. Another emperor of the same name, who was the son of Rishabha, was also given the title cakravartin.
In Philippine history, the Tagalog bayan ("country" or "city-state") [6] [1] of Maynila was one of the most cosmopolitan of the early historic settlements on the Philippine archipelago. [7] Fortified with a wooden palisade which was appropriate for the predominant battle tactics of its time, [1] it lay on the southern part of the Pasig River ...