Tamerlan Tsarnaev had a male sibling.
Portuguese Ceylon -LRB- Ceilao Portugues , Sinhala  : ප ත ග ස ල ක ව Potugisi Lankava -RRB- refers to the control of the Kingdom of Kotte by the Portuguese Empire , in present-day Sri Lanka , after the country 's Crisis of the Sixteenth Century and into the Kandyan period .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Sinhala. Sinhala language. Kingdom of Kotte. Kingdom of Kotte. Portuguese Empire. Portuguese Empire. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka. Crisis of the Sixteenth Century. Crisis of the Sixteenth Century. Kandyan period. Kandyan period. Portuguese presence in the island lasted from 1505 to 1658 .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Their arrival was largely accidental , seeking control of commerce over territorial conquest .. Their appearance coincided with the political upheaval of the Wijayaba Kollaya and they were drawn into the internal politics of the island as they sought to establish control over the lucrative cinnamon trade that originated there .. Wijayaba Kollaya. Wijayaba Kollaya. cinnamon. cinnamon. The Portuguese used these internal divisions to their advantage during the Sinhalese -- Portuguese War .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Sinhalese. Sinhalese language. Direct Portuguese rule inside the island did not begin until after the death of Dharmapala of Kotte , who died without an heir and who by 1580 bequeathed the Kingdom of Kotte to the Portuguese monarch .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Dharmapala of Kotte. Dharmapala of Kotte. Kingdom of Kotte. Kingdom of Kotte. This allowed the Portuguese sufficient claim to the Kingdom of Kotte upon Dharmapala 's death in 1597 .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Kingdom of Kotte. Kingdom of Kotte. Portuguese rule began with much resistance by the local population .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Eventually , the Kingdom of Kandy sought help from the Dutch Empire in their efforts to rid the island of the Portuguese .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Kingdom of Kandy. Kingdom of Kandy. Dutch Empire. Dutch Empire. The Dutch Empire initially entered into agreement with the Kingdom of Kandy .. Kingdom of Kandy. Kingdom of Kandy. Dutch Empire. Dutch Empire. After the collapse of the Iberian economy in 1627 , the Dutch -- Portuguese War saw the Dutch conquest of most of Portugal 's Asian colonies .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. collapse of the Iberian economy in 1627. Habsburg Spain#The road to Rocroi ( 1626–1643 ). Eventually , Portugal 's Ceylonese territories were ceded to the Netherlands .. Nevertheless , there remain elements of Portuguese culture in Sri Lanka today from this colonial period .. Portuguese. Portuguese Language. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka