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Uncover the riveting tale of Panday Pira, the master blacksmith whose cannons defended against Spanish invasion, earning admiration from foes and kings alike...
2 sie 2023 · Enter Panday Pira, who was said to have been the man behind some of those pieces. Considered the Philippines' first cannon maker, the Muslim Kapampangan was born in 1488 in the southern part of the country.
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PANDAY PIRA (1488-1576) Noong 1488, sa isa sa mga mahanging pulo sa Sulu, may isang batang lalaki na isinilang ng maybahay ng isang mandirigmang Muslim. Ang batang tinawag na si Pira ay lumaki sa lilim ng makulay na mga tahanang nakaluklok sa mga haligi sa mababaw na pampang ng maliit na lawa.
These pieces were as large as the largest Malaga cannons that the Spaniards used. When the Spanish forces anchored at the mouth of Pasig River under Marshal Martin de Goiti and Don Juan de Salcedo, they were met by salvos from the cannons made by Panday Pira.
11 sty 2018 · Panday Pira was a Muslim Pampango blacksmith who is acknowledged as “The First Filipino Cannon-maker” and his weapons were used by Raja Sulayman to defend the land from Martin De Goiti’s army. Sulayman was ultimately defeated and the Spaniard colonizer’s turned Panday Pira into their own cannon makers.
Panday Pira was a native of the southern islands of the Philippines. He migrated to Manila in 1508 and established a foundry on the northern bank of the Pasig River. Rajah Sulayman commissioned Panday Pira to cast the cannon that were mounted on the palisades surrounding his kingdom.
