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Filipe de Brito e Nicote
Filipe de Brito, Portuguese mercenary and governor of Syriam, Burma, circa 1600.
BornC. 1566
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died1613
Syriam, Burma
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Adventurer, mercenary, governor

Filipe de Brito e Nicote or Nga Zinga (Burmese: ငဇင်ကာ, pronounced [ŋə zɪ̀ɰ̃kà]; c. 1566 – April 1613) was a Portuguese adventurer and mercenary in the service of the Arakanese kingdom of Mrauk U, and later of the Siamese Kingdom of Ayutthaya.[1]: 185–187  His name is also recorded with the French spelling Philippe de Brito.[2]: 36 

  1. ^ Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ISBN 9747534584
  2. ^ Beveridge, Henry (1876). The district of Bákarganj; its history and statistics. London: Trübner & Co.

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