and traveled towards the north and converted the Filipinos to Islam, many of these early Arabs married Filipina women.

An estimated 2% of the population of the Philippines, about 2.2 million people, could claim partial Arab ancestry.

History

Muslim Arab merchants increasingly traveled via Southeast Asian trade routes, including through the southern Philippines by the 10th century. Around the 13th and 14th centuries, foreign (including Arab) merchants had formed settlements in the area. By the 14th century Arab travelers

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