Castilian War
| Castilian War | |||||||
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Bruneian forces fighting Spanish forces | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Bruneian Empire Sulu Sultanate Maguindanao |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sultan Saiful Rijal Bendahara Sakam Muhammad ul-Halim Datu Bangkaya |
Francisco de Sande Pengiran Seri Lela Pengiran Seri Ratna † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Bruneian Army |
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| Strength | |||||||
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around ~1,000–5,000 warriors 62 guns 50 ships |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown 170 artillery pieces; 27 ships and galleys captured |
Unknown; presumably heavy 17 men dead (by dysentery) | ||||||
The Castilian War, also called the Spanish expedition to Borneo, was a conflict between the Spanish Empire and several Muslim states in Southeast Asia, including the Sultanates of Brunei, Sulu, and Maguindanao. It is also considered as part of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. This war is the beginning of relations between the Ottoman state and the Sultanate of Brunei in 1560 to 1578.