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Moro Wars
The Moro Wars
During 1578-1898, Spaniards, as the
champions of the cross, tried to conquer the
Moroland (Mindanao and Sulu)
Mr. Alfred Dent, a british trader, and Baron Gustave Von Overbeck,
Austrian consul in Hongkong are the owners of the said company.
This territory of Sabah was ceded by the Sultan of Brunei in 1704 to the
sultan of Jolo out of gratitude for the services rendered by the Taosug
warriors in suppressing a rebellion in the Brunei sultanate.
End of Moro Wars
After Malcampos conquest of Jolo, the Spanish authorities
turned their effort toward another goal the conquest of
Mindanao.
1886, (10 years after the fall of Jolo) Gov. General Emilio
Terrero led he invasion forces of Spaniards and Christian
Filipino allies to Cotobato in order to subdue the defiant
Moro Maguindanaoans.