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lucas7500 [2017-01-21 19:46:48 +0000 UTC]
These were mainly use as trading exclaves weren't they? Feitorias i think is what they were called.
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OllieBye In reply to lucas7500 [2017-01-21 20:34:44 +0000 UTC]
Broadly, yes. Later on they became rather redundant though - they were mainly just useful as they boosted Portugal's tax intake.
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Gregxter [2017-01-21 16:15:54 +0000 UTC]
All conquered at the expense of the Bijapur Sultanate, If I remember well.
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OllieBye In reply to Gregxter [2017-01-21 16:40:06 +0000 UTC]
The 16th-century conquests were, yes. The later ones were acquired by exploiting feuds between rival Indian kingdoms.
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