Portuguese settlements History of Dhaka



holy rosary church built portuguese missionaries in 1677


in bengal region, portuguese made principal trading centre in hooghly. made small settlements in dhaka in 1580. ralph fitch, english traveller, recorded in 1586 portuguese traders involved in shipping rice, cotton , silk goods. tavernier mentioned churches built in dhaka portuguese augustinian missionaries. j.j. campos, editor of asiatic society of bengal, named several portuguese churches in dhaka – church of our lady of rosary, church of st. nicholas of tolentino, church of holy ghost , church of our lady piety.


during viceroyalty of shaista khan, section of portuguese came sandwip , arakan , settled in dhaka @ place called feringhi bazar.


sebastien manrique, portuguese missionary , traveller, visited dhaka in september 1640 , spent 27 days around area. according him, city extended along buriganga river on 4 , half miles maneswar narinda , fulbaria. christian communities lived around these suburbs in west, east, , north. further mentioned, small beautiful church convent in dhaka. in words,



this chief city in bengala , seat of principal nababo or viceroy, appointed emperor, bestowed viceroyalty, on several occasions, on 1 of sons. stands in wide , beautiful plain on banks of famous , here fructifying ganges river, beside city stretches on league , half.










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