Portuguese settlement in Chittagong

Portuguese settlement in Chittagong
Porto Grande de Bengala (Portuguese)
পোর্তো গ্রাঞ্জি জি বেঙ্গালা (Bengali)
1528–1666
The Chittagong district in modern-day Bangladesh
The Chittagong district in modern-day Bangladesh
StatusTrading post
CapitalFiringi Bunder, Chittagong
Common languagesPortuguese, Bengali
King of Portugal 
Historical eraImperialism
• Permission from the Bengal Sultanate
1528
• Mughal annexation of Chittagong
1666
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bengal Sultanate
Kingdom of Mrauk U
Mughal Empire

Chittagong, the second largest city and main port of Bangladesh, was home to a thriving trading post of the Portuguese Empire in the East in the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] The Portuguese first arrived in Chittagong around 1528[2] and left in 1666[3] after the Mughal conquest.[4] It was the first European colonial enclave in the historic region of Bengal.[5]

  1. ^ Rahman 2010, p. 24.
  2. ^ Bhaduri 2013, p. 22.
  3. ^ Trudy & Salkin 1994, p. 188.
  4. ^ Eaton 1996, p. 235.
  5. ^ Dasgupta 2005, p. 258.

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