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Seludong (sometimes called Kota Seludong or alternatively spelled Selurong, Saludong, or Salurong) is a legendary land in Southeast Asia whose exact location is unknown. Various oral legends have associated it with the area which eventually became the Rajahnate of Maynila, but some scholars such as Jean Paul Potet note that it more likely refers to a settlement near Mount Seludong (Bukit Seludong) in Sarawak, Malaysia.

The best known references to Seludong occur in the 14th Century Old Javanese eulogy called the Nagarakretagama, and in Bruneian Oral legends concering Sultan Bolkiah in the early 16th Century.

Seludong in the Nagarakretagama
Seludong is one of several realms enumerated in Canto 14 of the Nagarakretagama, which lists the territories of the Majapahit Empire during what is supposedly its greatest extent. The place-name "Seludong" appears only once in the eulogy, among a list of other place names in Canto 13 and 14.

Seludong in Bruneian oral legends concerning Sultan Bolkiah
A later reference to Seludong can be found in Bruneian oral traditions concerning Sultan Bolkiah, who is said to have attacked the existing polity named "Salurong" to establish a settlement which would eventually become the Rajahnate of Maynila.

This is narrated through Tausug and Malay royal histories, where the names Seludong, Saludong or Selurong are used to denote Manila prior to colonisation.

However, this has been questioned.

Supposedly, as a result of this, the traditional Rajahs of Tondo, the Lakandula, retained their titles and property but the real political power came to reside in the House of Soliman, the Rajahs of Maynila.