Si Piang Tan (1846–1933), kilala bilang Datu Piang, ay isang pinunong Tsinong Maguindanaon na nagtatag ng Sambahayang royal ng Piang at kalimitang tinagurian na "Grand Old Man of Cotabato."[1]

Si Datu Piang (ika-apat mula sa kaliwa) kasama ang mga sundalong Amerikano, 1899.

Bilang anak ni Tuya Tan (陳名頓), isang mangalalakal na Tsino buhat sa Amoy, Tsina at ni Tiko, isang babaeng taga-Maguindano, siya ay Ministro ng mga Lupain sa ilalim ni Datu Utto at naging pinakamayaman at pinakatanyag na datu noong panahon ng mga Amerikano.[2][3][4][5] Dahil sa pinaghalong Maguindanao at Tsino, isa siyang Mestisong Tsino[6][7][8] Kinilala si Datu Piang (minsang tinukoy bilang Amai Mingka) bilang pinuno ng mga Moro sa Gitnang Mindanao nang sumakop at namuno ang Hukbong Katihan ng Estados Unidos sa noo'y tinawag na "Moroland".

Si Datu Gumbay Piang, na anak ni Datu Piang sa kaniyang pang-anim na asawang si Polindao, ay namuno sa Batalyong Moro-Bolo para labanan ang mga Hapones sa panahon ng pananakop nila sa Mindanao noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig.

Mga sanggunian baguhin

  • University of California Press. "Muslim Rulers and Rebels," (Accessed on February 25, 2010).[1]
  • "Datu Piang Book Reference," (Accessed on February 25, 2010).[2][3]
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  2. O. W. Wolters (January 1999). History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives. SEAP Publications. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-87727-725-5.
  3. Leo Suryadinata (2011). Migration, Indigenization and Interaction: Chinese Overseas and Globalization. World Scientific. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-981-4365-91-8.
  4. Thomas M. McKenna (10 August 1998). Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines. University of California Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-520-91964-8.
  5. James R. Arnold (26 July 2011). The Moro War: How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913. Bloomsbury USA. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-1-60819-024-9.
  6. Michael Salman (2001). The Embarrassment of Slavery: Controversies Over Bondage and Nationalism in the American Colonial Philippines. University of California Press. pp. 67–. ISBN 978-0-520-22077-5.
  7. Robert A. Fulton (2007). Moroland, 1899-1906: America's First Attempt to Transform an Islamic Society. Robert Fulton. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-0-9795173-0-3.[patay na link]
  8. Mark S. Williams (20 June 2011). Business and Peace: The Case of La Frutera Plantation in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Philippines. Universal-Publishers. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-1-61233-758-6.