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"I wrote about the Roewengyas, the descendants of Arabs, Pathans and the then immigrants from
Bengal in a previous article entitled "Roewengyasn Arakan" which was published in this magazine?s Vol: VII, No. 5 for May 1960. Now I take great pleasure in writing about the North Arakan people who
descended from the captives of Bengal who were captured by the Portuguese and the Arakanese
pirates.
Slave raids were made by the Arakanese Mughs and Portuguese. The Portuguese were crusaders,
conquerors and traders. They came to eastern countries after Vasco da Gama had found the sea route to India. Vasco da Gama with 160 men in three
small ships sailed to
India on the
8th of July
1497, and at Melinde on the African coast he engaged an India pilot with whose assistance they
crossed the Arabian Sea, and on the 20th
May 1498 they arrived at Calicut, the port on the West
Coast of India, and the capital of an independent Hindu Kingdom..."
Source/publisher:
The Guardian Magazine, Rangoon, Vol VII, No. 10 via Network Myanmar
Date of Publication:
1960-10-00
Date of entry:
2015-10-28
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