The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1518, they had appointed a captain to control the Portuguese-occupied territory called Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka . In that time, there were numerous captains until 1551. The post of captain was succeeded by that of the captain-majors in 1551 and by the governor in 1594.

List of captains [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

• List of monarchs of Sri Lanka
• List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon
• List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon
• History of Sri Lanka

References [ edit ]

• List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org