's 1681 map According to the
Description of the Isle of Ceylon (Amsterdam 1672) by the Dutch Rev.
Phillipus Baldeus, who travelled in Sri Lanka in the 17th century. the kingdom of Jaffnapattinam consisted of the
Jaffna Peninsula, the
islands off Jaffna, and the
Island of Mannar. But in dealing with the limitations of the kingdom, Queirós, an historian of Portuguese origin, says: which indicated the kings of the kingdom just prior to capitulation to the Portuguese had jurisdiction over an area corresponding to the modern
Northern Province of Sri Lanka and parts of the
northern half of the eastern province and that the Portuguese claimed these based on their conquest. At the time, the mainland south of
Elephant Pass was claimed by the
King of Kandy,
Senerat; he and his troops were consistently harassing the Portuguese in the
Jaffna Peninsula. His wife's two sons, Vijayapala and Kumarasinghe, were also married to princesses from Jaffna. After the fall of Jaffna to the Portuguese, Senarat dispatched a 10,000 strong army to Jaffna under the command of Mudaliyar Attapattu. The Portuguese withdrew and the Kandyan army occupied Jaffna. The Portuguese General
Constantino de Sá de Noronha later attacked with reinforcements from
Colombo and defeated Mudaliyar Attapattu's army and seized Jaffna. According to Portuguese and Dutch publications, the last battle for Jaffna was fought between the King of Kandyan kingdom and the Portuguese, and the Europeans seized Jaffna from the Kandyan king. Following Portuguese defeat by the Dutch, the Jaffna Mannar islands and most of Jaffna's Vannimai lands had been reincorporated into the Tamil
Coylot Wannees Country by the 18th century. == Consequences ==