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Contents List of Maps and Illustrations ix General Editor's forward xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction xv 1 The First Visit of the Portuguese 1 (a) King Manuel's letter, 1507 1 (b) João de Barros's account, 1552 3 (c) Gaspar Correia's account, 1550s 7 (d) Fernão de Queirós's version, 1680s 12 (e) The Rajavaliya story, mid-sixteenth century 17 (f) The Sitawaka Hatana account, c.1585 19 (g) The Maha Hatana account, late seventeenth century 19 2 Sri Lanka and its Peoples 21 (a) Francisco de Albuquerque's report, 1518 21 (b) Duarte Barbosa's description, c. 1518 23 (c ) Tomé Pires's description, c 1518 26 (d) António Pessoa's report, 1548 (?) 28 (e) Fr Morais's letter,1552 31 (f) Jorge Florim de Almeida's revenue register, 1599 37 (g) Fernão de Queirós's description, seventeenth century 40 3 King Bhuvanekabahu and the Portuguese 47 (a) Bhuvanekabahu's memorial of 1541 48 (b) Bhuvanekabahu's letter of 1545 52 (c) A Franciscan perspective, 1545 55 (d) Bhuvanekabahu's letter of 1546 57 (e) The viceroy's advice, 1546 59 (f) Views of Portuguese settlers, 1547 61 (g) Bhuvanekabahu's protest, 1548 62 (h) The murder of Tennakoon Mudaliyar, 1548 65 (i) Bhuvanekabahu's grievances, 1551 66 (j) Gift of temple lands, 1557 67 4 Kandy: Religion and Politics 71 (a) António Ferreira's letter, 1545 73 (b) An appeal for aid for Kandy, 1545 74 (c) Alvares Pereira's letter, 1546 76 (d) António Padrão's letter, June 1546 81 (e) André de Sousa's account, 1546 84 (f) Miguel Fernandes' letter, 1546 86 (g) António Padrão's letter, November 1546 88 (h) The viceroy's counsel, 1546 89 (g) Simão de Coimbra's report, 1546 90 5 Jaffna: Conquest, Resistance and Governance 101 (a) Diogo do Couto on the 1560 invasion of Jaffna, early seventeenth century 104 (b) A Jesuit view of the 1560 invasion of Jaffna, 1561 116 (c) A late eighteenth-century Tamil account of conflicts with the Portuguese 118 (c) Paulo da Trindade on the 1619 Portuguese conquest of Jaffna, 1630s 125 (d) A Jesuit account of the Kandyan invasion, 1628 128 (e) Revenue collection in Portuguese Jaffna, 1639 130 (f) Jesuit annual letter on conversions to Christianity, 1644 133 (g) An inquiry into abuses, 1645 135 6 The Peace Treaty of 1617 141 (a) Initial overtures for peace 145 (b) Peace negotiations, July 1617 147 (c) Portuguese conditions for peace, June 1617 149 (d) The Kandyan counter-proposals and Portuguese reactions 150 (e) Portuguese discussions, July 1617 152 (f) The question of Batticaloa, July 1617 153 (g) Support for the peace treaty, August 1617 155 (h) The peace agreement, August 1617 156 7 The Portuguese and the Maldives 159 (a) Description of the Maldives, c. 1500 164 (b) Description of the Maldives by Duarte Barbosa, 1518 168 (c) Report on the Maldive Islands by João de Barros, mid-sixteenth century 170 (d) Letter of Afonso de Albuquerque on the Maldives, April, 1512 173 (e) Letter of Afonso de Albuquerque on the Maldives, October 1512 173 (f) Baba 'Abdullah's appeal to King Manuel, c. 1519 174 (g) Letter of Hasan IX, king of the Maldive Islands, 1556 177 (h) Excerpts from an Islamic history of the Maldives, early eighteenth century 178 (i) Memorandum on the Maldive Islands, 1645 192 Glossary and Abbreviations 197 Bibliography 201 Index 205
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Sri Lanka -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
Maldives -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Portuguese -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.
Portuguese -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 17th century -- Sources.
Portuguese -- Maldives -- History -- 16th century -- Sources.