and invaded Manila they described, Kota Selurong, "The City of Selurong" of Maynila, as a settlement with a fortress of rammed earth with stockades and in between battlements there are cannons. The cannons were native-made and forged by Panday Piray and these were locally called lantakas. When the Spanish invaded and burned Manila's Kota Selurong to the ground, they built up the Christian walled city of Intramuros on the ruins of Islamic Manila. Notable rulers of Maynila Historical rulers of Maynila A number of rulers of Maynila are specifically identified in historical documents, which include: the epistolary firsthand accounts of the members of the Magellan and Legaspi expeditions, referred to in Spanish as "relaciones"; These include the Sulu and Maguindanao Tarsilas, and the Batu Tarsila of Brunei. and various notarized genealogical records kept by the early Spanish colonial government, mostly in the form of last wills and testaments of descendants of said rulers; [†] Term used by original Hispanocentric text); the exact local term used by the individual was not recorded in the historical account. Legendary rulers A number of rulers of Maynila are known only through oral histories, which in turn have been recorded by various documentary sources''', ranging from historical documents describing oral histories, to contemporary descriptions of modern (post-colonial/national-era) oral accounts. These include: orally transmitted genealogical traditions, such as the Batu Tarsila, which have since been recorded and cited by scholarly accounts; legends and folk traditions documented by anthropologists, local government units, the National Historical Institute of the Philippines, and other official sources; and recently published genealogical accounts based on contemporary research. Academic acceptance of the details recounted in these accounts vary from case to case, and are subject to scholarly peer review. See also Luções Rajah Sulayman Battle of Bangkusay Channel History of Manila List of Sunni Muslim dynasties History of the Philippines (Before 1521) Hinduism in the Philippines Namayan Cainta (historical polity) Tondo (historical polity) Footnotes References Further reading Nick Joaquin's Almanac for Manileños The River Dwellers by Grace P. Odal 1571 disestablishments States and territories established in 1500 Barangay states Former countries in Bruneian history Former countries in Philippine history Historical regions History of the Philippines (900–1565) History of Manila History of Luzon States and territories established in the 1500s 1500 establishments in Asia City-states Former monarchies