Kandyan–Portuguese War

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The Kandyan–Portuguese War was a protracted series of 17th-century conflicts in Sri Lanka between the inland Kingdom of Kandy and Portuguese colonial forces vying for control of the island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
aimOfKandy expulsion of Portuguese from Sri Lanka ⓘ
aimOfPortuguese annexation of Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kandyan–Portuguese conflicts ⓘ
characterizedBy difficult mountain warfare ⓘ
protracted intermittent fighting ⓘ
use of local alliances and shifting loyalties ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
hasCause Kandyan resistance to European colonial expansion ⓘ
Portuguese attempt to control entire island of Ceylon ⓘ
competition for control of cinnamon trade ⓘ
struggle for political dominance in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasPart Kandyan campaigns against Portuguese forts ⓘ
Portuguese invasions of Kandy ⓘ
guerrilla warfare in the central highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
sieges of Portuguese-held coastal towns in Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
impact contributed to eventual replacement of Portuguese by Dutch in Ceylon ⓘ
reshaping of power balance in Sri Lanka ⓘ
involves Portuguese colonial administration in Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Ceylon

Sri Lankan highlands ⓘ
coastal regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfContext Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language

Sinhala ⓘ
locatedIn Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainBelligerent Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Portuguese colonial forces in Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Ceylon
opposedBy Kandyan military forces ⓘ
Kandyan monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Kingdom

Kandyan nobility ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan aristocracy
partOf Portuguese colonial wars in Asia ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedTo Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
Kandyan Wars ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
Portuguese Ceylon ⓘ
result persistence of Kandyan independence in the interior ⓘ
weakening of Portuguese power in Sri Lanka ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
territory coastal areas of Sri Lanka ⓘ
interior highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandyan kings → militaryConflict → Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ
Mayadunne of Sitawaka → conflict → Portuguese–Sri Lankan conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan–Portuguese War
Kandyan–Portuguese War → hasPart → Portuguese invasions of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan–Portuguese War
Kandyan–Portuguese War → alsoKnownAs → Kandyan–Portuguese conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan–Portuguese War
Kandyan–Dutch conflicts → follows → Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ
Vimaladharmasuriya I → conflict → Portuguese–Kandyan Wars ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan–Portuguese War