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His name literally translates as "Blacksmith Pira", panday being the Filipino word for "blacksmith". 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.
In 1570, Spanish forces under the command of Martin de Goiti captured Manila and took these artillery pieces as war booty, presenting them to Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines.
Legazpi eventually established a permanent Spanish settlement in Manila on May 19, 1571 and on June 3 of the same year, Rajah Sulayman waged the Battle of Bankusay Channel to re-capture his kingdom from the Spaniards.
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