Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese

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The Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese was an early 16th-century agreement that brought the Kingdom of Kotte in Sri Lanka into a subordinate alliance with the Portuguese Empire, granting them commercial and strategic privileges on the island.

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Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
early modern diplomatic treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Kotte ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
establishesRelationship subordinate alliance of the Kingdom of Kotte to the Portuguese Empire ⓘ
grantsPrivilegeTo Portuguese Empire ⓘ
grantsPrivilegeType commercial privileges ⓘ
strategic privileges ⓘ
hasCentury 16th century ⓘ
hasConsequence increased Portuguese influence in Kotte ⓘ
integration of Kotte into the Portuguese sphere of influence ⓘ
hasContext Portuguese maritime expansion in Asia ⓘ
competition for control of Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
hasDate 1518 ⓘ
hasLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
hasParty Kingdom of Kotte ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
hasPurpose to establish a political alliance between the Kingdom of Kotte and the Portuguese Empire ⓘ
to secure commercial privileges for the Portuguese in Kotte ⓘ
to secure strategic privileges for the Portuguese on the island of Sri Lanka ⓘ
isPartOf Portuguese colonial policy in Asia ⓘ
isRelatedEvent Portuguese–Sri Lankan relations ⓘ
precedes full Portuguese domination over Kotte ⓘ
relatesTo Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
Portuguese presence in Sri Lanka ⓘ
colonial history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Kingdom of Kotte → treaty → Treaty of 1518 with the Portuguese ⓘ