Eberhard Crailsheim— The Collaterals of War— 2022 Philippine Studies Conference SOAS

Описание

The British Occupation of Spanish Manila and the Sulu Sultanate. Considerations on British and Spanish Interests in Southeast Asia (1749-1775)

Eberhard Crailsheim

This paper takes a closer look into the relations between three different powers in the colonial Philippines: the Spanish, the British, and the Sulu. On the eve of James Warren’s “Sulu Zone” (1768) the three powers moved in a very dynamic context, which culminated in the British occupation of Manila in 1762. The focus is set on the events preceding the occupation, the dynamic of the year 1762, and the aftermath. It will analyse key elements such as the figure of Azim ud-Din I, sultan of Sulu, as white hope for Spain and later for the British, or on the island Balambangan, off the coast of Borneo, which was ceded to the British in 1762 for military and commercial purposes. Looking into Spanish and British sources, this paper will reflect on the geopolitical embedding of the occupation in connection with the strategic importance of the Sulu sultanate during these years.

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