Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom
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Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom
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The Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom occurred after Portuguese traders arrived at the rival Kotte kingdom in the southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as Cankili I, initially confronted the Portuguese in their attempts at converting the locals to Roman Catholicism, but eventually made peace with them. By 1591, the king of Jaffna Ethirimanna Cinkam was installed by the Portuguese. Although he was nominally a client, he resisted missionary activities and helped
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Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom in Sri Lanka (1560-1621)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom
date created:
2008-01-08T13:54:38Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:33:57Z
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