Kinship, Islam, and Raiding in Maguindanao, c. 1760–1780The transfer of alliance of the raja of Manganitu from the Company
to the Maguindanao was seen by the Sangirese themselves using the lens
of family. When raja Daniel Katiandaho of Manganitu was deputized
by his fellow rajas of Sangir in 1766 to redeem the aristocratic captives
Nanding and Pahawuateng, the rajas counted on Katiandaho’s experi-
ence in Maguindanao. Back in 1741, Katiandaho, then a mere jogugu of
Manganitu, was sailing to Talaud when his vessel allegedly drifted into
Maguindanao’s waters due to contrary winds. He returned to Sangir
only after more than a year of being held captive by the sultan.^106
Sources are unclear as to his activities during and immediately after his
captivity but there is a hint at the establishment of kinship-based ties
between Manganitu and Maguindanao. Daniel Katiandaho’s son named
Salomon^107 left Manganitu for Malurang in 1785 supposedly to assist his
family counter the Spanish advance in southern Philippines.^108 He was
repeatedly referred to and accused by fellow Sangirese as being “related
to the Maguindanao court”.^109 In the attempted negotiation for a peace
treaty between Malurang/Maguindanao and the Company in 1788,
the Raja of Manganitu served as the “escort” of Malurang’s chief to the
Company’s main fort in Ternate.^110 Manganitu’s ties with Maguindanao
seem to have continued in this way even until 1805, when Salomon’s son,
Philip, threatened to sail to Maguindanao and appeal for support against
rival Sangirese as well as against the Dutch in Manado and Maluku.^111
The resentment of the Manganitu chiefs towards the Company and
other Sangirese chiefdoms, notably Siau, could be traced to Manganitu’s
- NA, VOC 8114, Ternate, Missive geschreven door de Ternaetse ministers aen
haar hoog Eds. gedateert 14 September 1742 (ontvangen den 22 October 1742 per
de chialoup de Kruijsser), fols. 81–82. - Named raja in 1769; Daniel Katiandaho was installed raja in 1752. NA, VOC
8163, Memorie- Jan Elias van Mijlendonk, afgaande Gouverneur en Directeur van
Ternaten, 20 July 1756, fol. 9. Salomon replaced his father in 1769. ANRI Ternate
inv.18, Meeting of the Political Council, 12 September 1769, fol. 43.. - Hayase, Non and Ulaen (comp.), Silsilas/Tarsilas (Genealogies) and Historical
Narratives: 200. - NA, VOC 8141, Ternate 3, Copia dagregister gehouden door den onderkoopman
Hemmekam gedurende zijne commissie naar de Sangirsche eilanden (ontvangen
anno 1780), fol. 88. fol. 77. - ANRI, Ternate inv. 55, Letter of D. Schierstein, Manado, 11 March 1788.
- ANRI, Manado inv. 68, no. 3, Ingekoomen stukken zoo voor als tegen den koning
van Manganitoe Philip David Catjandaho, 1805, unpaginated.