Antonio José Teles de Meneses

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António José Teles de Meneses was a Portuguese colonial administrator. Teles de Meneses was governor of Macau from August 30, 1747 to August 2, 1749 . From 1768 to 1776 he was captain general and governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor .

Since 1719 the Portuguese had to fight back against the Cailaco rebellion on Timor . Timorese and Topasse fought against the colonial power in alternating alliances. Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão , the predecessor of Teles de Meneses, was poisoned on November 28, 1765 by leaders of the Topasse, who held the real power in the Portuguese possessions of the region. The Dominicans António de Boaventura and José Rodrigues Pereira then took over the administration of the colony until Teles de Meneses arrived as the new governor.

Teles de Meneses was forced to ask his compatriots in Macau for rice deliveries in 1769 due to the poor supply situation in the besieged colony , but the ship did not reach Lifau . The connections to the inland were interrupted by the Topasse and local Timorese. On the night of August 11, 1769, Meneses gave up Lifau and moved the capital of the colony to Dili . On October 10 of the same year, the expansion of Dilis into the new capital began.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biblioteca Central de Macau
  2. ↑ worldstatesmen
  3. ↑ a b History of Timor - Technical University of Lisbon ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 824 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt
  4. ↑ James J. Fox, “The Paradox of Powerlessness: Timor in Historical Perspective,” December 9, 1996, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University ( Memento July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 70 kB)
predecessor Office successor
Dionísio Gonçalves Rebelo Galvão Governor of Portuguese Timor
1768–1776 		Caetano de Lemos Telo de Meneses
personal data
SURNAME Teles de Meneses, Antonio José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Telles de Menezes, Antonio José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor and Macau
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century