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Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote or Nga
Zinga (Burmese: ငဇင်ကာ,
pronounced [ŋə zɪ̀ɰ̃kà]; c. 1566 –
April 1613) was a
Portuguese adventurer and
mercenary in the...
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Historical Period of Burma. He pla**** a role in
helping Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote, Nga Zinga, in
defeating the
Kingdoms of
Arakan and Pegu, and in setting...
- customs. One of the best-known
Portuguese adventurers was
Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote, who
served the
Rakhine king, Min Razagyi. In 1599, de
Brito was made governor...
- the
Persian Gulf, the East Indies, and East Africa; and
Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote who led
conquests into Burma.
Portugal established a
route to
China in the...
- the lack of
loyalty of
Portuguese mercenaries, such as
Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote in the
service of the
Arakanese king. The VOC
established a
permanent factory...
- with each
region claiming a king.
Portuguese mercenary Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote promptly rebelled against his
Arakanese masters, and
established Goa-backed...
- and
Bengal in a 1607
letter to
Portuguese mercenary Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote. In 1546 CE,
while the
Arakanese king Min Bin was
fighting a
battle with...
- make
contacts in
Lower Burma in the
early 16th century.
Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote, a
Portuguese warlord and
mercenary known as Nga
Zinka to the Burmese, arrived...
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regilding it now.' In 1608 the
Portuguese adventurer Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote,
known as Nga
Zinka to the Burmese,
plundered the
Shwedagon Pagoda. His...
- the
Yangon River and the
Pazundaung Cr**** when
Portuguese warlord Filipe de
Brito e
Nicote's ship was
wrecked in 1599
after stealing the m****ive bell....
