Manusya, Journal of Humanities
Publication Date
2004-01-01
Abstract
In the kingdom of Arakan, there were thousands of pure and mixed-blood Portuguese staying as freebooters, mercenaries for the king of Arakan. Some of them rose to obtain important status. The main example was Filipe de Brito who became lord of Syriam from 1602 to 1613. The other one was Sebastiao Goncalves Tibau who became the pirate king of Sandwip from 1609. Although the king of Arakan defeated him in king of Arakan himself supported the Portuguese pirates and employed them to make trouble the Moghuls in Bengal.
First Page
66
Last Page
82
Recommended Citation
Yimprasert, Suthachai
(2004)
"The Portuguese in Arakan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,"
Manusya, Journal of Humanities: Vol. 7:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/manusya/vol7/iss2/5