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The Battle of Mulleriyawa (Sinhala: මුල්ලේරියාව සටන) in 1559 was part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.It was one of the most decisive ...
The Jambi Sultanate (Jawi: كسلطانن جمبي , romanized: Kesultanan Jambi), alternatively known as Djambi, was a sultanate that was centered in the modern-day province of Jambi in Indonesia. Initially part of the Majapahit Empire, Jambi broke away in the early 16th century and established the sultanate in 1615.
This is a list of sultans and kings of the former Jambi Sultanate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Royal House of Jambi is a royal house of the region of Jambi in the Indonesia , Sumatra . Historically the head of the Jambi Sultanate , the position of sultan today carries with it no political powers or privileges and is mostly a traditional figure.
The Battle of Jambi in 1630 was a naval engagement between Portuguese, Dutch and English ships in the Indonesian archipelago. [3] Although the Portuguese won this battle, their commander Nuno Álvares Botelho , who is renowned in Portugal as one of the last great commanders of Portuguese India , drowned during the confrontation.
The Battle of Randeniwela was fought on 25 August 1630 in the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.It was fought between Portuguese Empire and King Senarth's youngest son Prince Maha Astana, who would later become Rajasinghe II against Portuguese forces commanded by then Governor Constantinu De Sá de Noronha. [3]
He was followed not long after by the reign of his son King Parakramabahu IV (1302–1326). Parakramabahu not only translated the Buddhist Jataka tales into Sinhala, he also commissioned a number of temples to be built including the Alutnuwara Dewale in the Kegalla District. Not much is known about his successor Bhuvanaikabahu III who ruled for ...
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.
The Convention of Malvana (also spelled Malwāna, Sinhala: මල්වාන ගිවිසුමෙන්ද Malwana Giwisumenda) was a 1598 agreement between the ...