Magat salamat biography of abraham

This article is about the person. For the ship, see BRP Magat Salamat (PS-20).

In this Philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, Magat Salamat.

Datu Magat Salamat was a Filipino historical figure best known for co-organizing the Tondo Conspiracy of 1587.

He was one of at least four sons of Lakandula,^{[1][Notes 1][3]} and thus held the title of Datu under his cousin and co-conspirator Agustin de Legazpi, who had been proclaimed paramount ruler (ruler over other datus) of the indianized kingdom of Tondo after the death of Lakandula, although the position soon became little more than a courtesy title.^[2]

Lineage

For a long time, not much was known about Magat Salamat outside of his participation in the Tondo Conspiracy.

As a result, early Filipino historians such as Gregorio Zaide could only definitively say that he was born of noble heritage - presumably somewhere in or near