Alfonso de Albuquerque, Conqueror of India and founded the Portuguese colonialism in the Indian Ocean

Alfonso de Albuquerque, Conqueror of India and founded the Portuguese colonialism in the Indian Ocean

Known as The Caesar of the East, The Tirribil, The Great, the Sea Lions and as The Portuguese Mars, because its success conquered India and founded the Portuguese colonialism in the Indies.

Alfonso de Albuquerque was born in Alhandra, the area near Lisbon in 1453. He was the second son of Goncalo de Albuquerque and Dona Leonor de Menezes. His father was an important man in the Portuguese empire. From his father Alfonso also has a blood relationship with the royal family of Portugal. He studied mathematics and Latin Classics during the reign of Afonso V of Portugal. At the time of the king Avonso V died he worked in Arzila, Morocco for a while and when he returned to Portugal he became chief adviser to the king Joao II of Portugal.

Conquest expedition Alfonso

In 1503 he set off on his first expedition to the East, which would make him famous and experiencing the glory. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and reached India. The goal is to do battle with the Zamorin in Calicut, India. Eventually they managed to defeat the resistance Zamorin and managed to lift the Kochi king ascended the throne. In return for his help, Kochi king gave permission to the Portuguese to build fortifications at Cochin and to engage in trade.

On 4 November 1509, Alfonso was sworn in as governor of the Portuguese in India after his success in the conquest in the areas of trade in Africa and the east coast of the island of Ormuz in the Persian Gulf. In January 1510, Alfonso re-tasked to conquer the Zamorin of Calicut who have mastered back.
Alfonso's first attempt fails and he suffered severe injuries. He was soon to build strength with 1200 soldiers and 30 ships. Alfonso also chose their attacks intended to Goa, but the attack was also unsuccessful. However, on 25 November, three months after the defeat of Alfonso latter, more modern aid ship coming from the Portuguese. Alfonso then again attacked Goa and in less than a day, Goa was conquered.

In February 1511, there was news that a Portuguese adayang arrested and imprisoned in Malacca. Alfonso was assigned to liberate prisoners from Malacca. Then in April 1511, after strengthening position in Goa, Alfonso immediately form an army that will Malacca. The force was composed of 900 Portuguese soldiers and 200 mercenaries from India. In the same month they departed from Goa to Malacca.

After arriving in Malacca, Alfonso immediately ordered his ship to immediately approach the port city of Malacca, they opened fire with cannon ports and requested that the prisoners of the Portuguese freed. Finally Sultan Mahmud Shah was freed prisoners, even he also escaped.

Malaka deemed safe after he sent an expedition to the Moluccas to find the spice island. He sent two ships to the Moluccas and succeed because when they ship back filled by spices. After Alfonso establish strongholds in Malacca and its surroundings, he went back to Goa and do conquests again included the conquest of the region Ormuz.

End Adventure Alfonso

Alfonso de Albuquerque has turned out many enemies in Portugal was no exception at the court of the Portuguese government. In Portugal Alfonso was reported to be offensive to the Portuguese administration in India. King Manuel 1 immediately announced that Alfonso position superseded by his personal enemy Lopo Soares de Albergaria.

Hearing that Alfonso like hit a heavy blow, slowly growing sicker and eventually died at sea on December 16, 1515. However, after that the king Manuel 1st aware of the misunderstanding of it by giving lots of praise to children namely Bra Alfonso de Albuquerque. He calls it with Afonso Alfonso child because his father remembered.