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Filipe de Brito e Nicote or Nga Zinga ((ビルマ語:ငဇင်ကာ), ; b. circa 1566, d. April 1613) was a Portuguese adventurer and mercenary in Rakhine (Arakanese) service. Born to a French father in Lisbon, Portugal, de Brito first traveled to Southeast Asia as a cabin boy. He eventually served under the King of Arakan and became governor of Thanlyin (Syriam) in 1599, commanding 3 frigates and 3000 men. He encouraged more Portuguese to settle in Syriam and constructed forts for defense, eventually seizing control and renouncing his independence from Arakan. He captured the Maha Uparaja of Arakan when Toungoo and Arakan attacked, keeping him hostage until granted independence from any Burmese in 1603. De Brito then married the daughter of Phraya Thala of Martaban, becoming a subject of Siam.〔Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ISBN 9747534584〕 Returning to Goa the next year to gain official recognition, he returned in 1602, awarded the titles "Commander of Syriam", "General of the conquests of Pegu", and "King of Pegu" by the Portuguese royal court. Ekathotsarot mobilized Thala and de Brito to come to the aid of Toungoo, when attacked by the Ava Kingdom, and after Natshinnaung had asked to be subject to Siam. Before they could arrive however, Toungoo had submitted to the King of Ava. Thala and de Brito then burnt down Toungoo and brought back any remaining property and people, including their King, Natshinnaung, back to Syriam. De Brito took the opportunity of "seizing objects of worship of the Buddha" and "committed sacrilege to the point of forcibly demolishing Buddha images and sacred shrines and pagodas."〔 In 1613, de Brito's Syriam was besieged by the Burmese forces of King Anaukpetlun. After the fall of the city in April 1613, de Brito was executed along with Natshinnaung. More than 400 Portuguese were taken as prisoners of war back to Ava.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Filipe de Brito e Nicote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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