 During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah from 1485 to 1521 , the Bruneian Empire invaded , wanting to take advantage of Tondo 's China trade by attacking its environs and establishing " <unk> <unk> Kota <unk> " ( The Kingdom of <unk> ) . They ruled under and gave yearly tribute to the Sultanate of Brunei as its satellite state . They established a new dynasty under the local leader who accepted Islam and became Rajah <unk> or Tariq Sulayman I. He also established a trading challenge to the already rich House of <unk> Dula in Tondo . Islam was further strengthened by the arrival of Muslim traders from the Arab @-@ Indian area and Southeast Asia . Manila was temporarily besieged by the invasion of Chinese pirate @-@ warlord <unk> ( 1574 ) but was thwarted by the local inhabitants , before it became the seat of the colonial government of Spain . 
