Lacandola Documents
{{Short description|Group of Philippine genealogical records}}
The term "Lakan Dula Documents"{{cite book|last=Dery|first=Luis Camara|title=A History of the Inarticulate|publisher=New Day Publishers|year=2001|location=Quezon City|isbn=971-10-1069-0}} is used by Philippine historiographers to describe the section of the Spanish Archives in Manila which are dedicated to the genealogical records (cuadernos de linaje) of the Manila and Tondo aristocracy. As of 2001, only one bundle of twelve folders (containing eleven distinct sets of documents) remains in the archive,{{Cite journal |last=Santiago |first=Luciano P.R. |date=1990 |title=The Houses of Lakan Dula, Rajah Silalila (Sulayman I), Rajah Matanda (Sulayman II), and Rajah Muda (Sulayman III) [1571–1898]: Genealogy and Group Identity |journal=Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society |volume=18}} the rest having been lost, misplaced, or destroyed by various events such as the Japanese Occupation of Manila during World War II. The surviving bundle is labeled "Decendientes de Don Carlos Lacandola" ('Descendants of Don Carlos Lacandola'), and scholars use the term "Lacandola Documents" as an informal shortcut.
Scholars specializing in the noble houses of Rajah Matanda, Rajahmuda, and Lakandula mostly use these documents in conjunction with the Archivo General de Indias (General Archive of the Indies) in Seville, Spain in studying the genealogies of these "noble houses." Other primary sources frequently referred to by historiographers are the Silsila or Tarsilas of Sulu, Maguindanao, and Brunei, and local records (usually Catholic parish registers) of towns where descendants of the three houses may have moved.
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Category:History of the Philippines (1565–1898)
Category:Historiography of the Philippines
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