The Warrior: Timeline

1619: Born in New Spain, in the Villa de Tutpec, of Mixtec fathers

April 6 1635: At 16, along with 300 soldiers, arrives from New Spain to garrison fort La Caldera, Zamboanga.

1640: at 21, captured by forces of the Sultan of Sulu, Raja Bungsu

1642: Arrives at Aceh, meets the first Sultana Taj ul-Alam

1644: Travels with Nuruddin ar-Raniri back to Guajarat.

1647: Goes to Nurudin’s ancestral land, Hadhramaut, in Yemen.

1648: Performs Hajj along Nuruddin’s relatives/clan
1649: Short stay in Egypt, pestilence and famine drives him along North African coast, settling in Algiers.
1649-1654: Joins in the Anglo-Dutch privateers from Algiers, learns English. Seized by Enlgish forces, released in Barbados in bondage, at 35.
1654-1660: Rises in plantation service in Barbados, travels to Jamaica with master. Meets Celia, plantation mistress.
1661: Stays in the Miskito Coast, as advisor to King Oldman. Contacts Nahuatl people from San Salvador. Writes narrative of exploits and travels.
1669: At 50, visits parent's grave in Tutpec and settles there.