Manuel Ferreira de Almeida

Manuel Ferreira de Almeida led the colonial administration of Portuguese Timor and Solor from 1706 to 1708 and again from 1714 to 1715 .

Almeida does not appear on the official list of governors of the colony. Presumably he is a Topasse and rival of the Capitão-Mor and leader of the Topasse, Domingos da Costa , who succeeded him after his death in 1715 in the suzerainty of the Portuguese possessions on the Lesser Sunda Islands .

According to another source, Manuel Ferreira de Almeida is said to have arrived in Timor as the official governor in 1706, but was rejected by the respected and influential Bishop Manuel de Santo António . According to this source, Almeida died shortly after his arrival.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of Timor, page 32 ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Lisbon Technical University (PDF file; 805 kB) 
2. ↑ Hans Hägerdal: governor of Portuguese Timor to 1832 ; Sources: Artur Teodoro de Matos: Timor Portugues, 1515-1769 (Lisboa 1974), Affonso de Castro: As possessões portuguezas na Oceania (1867) and Luna de Oliveira: Timor na historia de Portugal (1940s)
3. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF; 867 kB)

predecessor	Office	successor
Lourenço Lopes	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1706–1708	Jácome de Morais Sarmento
Manuel de Souto-Maior	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1714–1715	Domingos da Costa