Kandyan–Portuguese War

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military conflict war

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Portuguese–Sri Lankan conflicts	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
aimOfKandy	expulsion of Portuguese from Sri Lanka ⓘ
aimOfPortuguese	annexation of Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kandyan–Portuguese conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal regions of Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfContext	Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonial forces in Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Kandyan military forces ⓘ Kandyan monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandyan nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese colonial wars in Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedTo	Dutch–Portuguese War NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandyan Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Kandyan kings → militaryConflict → Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ

Mayadunne of Sitawaka → conflict → Kandyan–Portuguese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portuguese–Sri Lankan conflicts