The Portuguese arrived in the

Kingdom of Kotte The Kingdom of Kotte (, ), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century. Founded by Parakramabahu VI with the help of the Ming, the Kingdom managed to conquer the Jaffna ki ...

in 1505. By 1518, they had appointed a captain to control the Portuguese-occupied territory called

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on the island of modern-day

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. In that time, there were numerous captains until 1551. The post of captain was succeeded by that of the captain-majors in 1551 and by the

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in 1594.

List of captains

References

List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org
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List of captains

See also

References