The Sofala Coast (Mozambique) in the 16th Century: between the African trade routes and Indian Ocean trade

Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean © 2017 Cen o de Es udos In e nacionais do Ins i u o Uni e si á io de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) The So ala Coas (Mozambique) in he 16 h Cen u y: be ween he A ican ade ou es and Indian Ocean ade Ana C is ina Roque Cen e o His o y, Facul y o Le e s o he Uni e si y o Lisbon Po ugal 20 The So ala Coas (Mozambique) in he 16 h Cen u y: be ween he A ican ade ou es and Indian Ocean ade E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 This a icle add esses he local and egional impac o he se lemen o he Po uguese in So ala, Mozambique, in he 16 h cen u y. Using he documen al a chi e sou ces on he So ala coas we highligh he speci ici y o he in e ac ion be ween he Po uguese and he local communi ies, he impo ance o he “non-o icial” s a egies used by he Po uguese in o de o be accep ed by he local chie aincies, he impac o hei in eg a ion in o he local and egional ne wo ks and how hei a i ude o med new geog aphies o powe in he a ea, while exposing poli ical, economic, social, cul u al and eligious dicho omies. Focusing ou a en ion on hese aspec s we make new con ibu ions o he analysis o he So ala egion in he 16 h cen u y o a be e unde s anding o i s ole in he A ican and Indian Ocean ading ne wo ks in he Po uguese empi e, mos ly based in in o mal economic and poli ical con ol and hus p e y close o he concep o "shadow empi e". keywo ds: Po uguese Expansion, “Shadow empi e”, In e con inen al ading ne wo ks, So ala, Mozambique, Indian Ocean 21 Ana C is ina Roque E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 When a i ing in he Indian Ocean in he ea ly 16 h cen u y, he Po uguese we e con on ed wi h an impo an in e con inen al ade ne wo k domina ed by Muslim me chan s. This ne wo k in ol ed he Eas A ican coas al po s, India and he Fa Eas as well as inland A ican kingdoms and was pa o a much la ge , ancien Muslim ne wo k o ade, kinship and po -s a e complexes (Tibbe s, 1981; Abu-Lughod, 1989; Chaudhu i, 1990) connec ing A ica, Asia and Eu ope (Fig. 1). Regional A ican ade ou es played a e y impo an ole in his sys em because o he coas al po s om he Baza u o Islands up o he No h o Mozambique. A ican ade goods, including gold, we e expo ed om hese po s o he no he n Swahili owns and h ough hem o he Indian Ocean whe e hey exchanged o co on, beads, spices and o he Indian goods (Beach, 1980; Smi h, 1983). A huge ade ne wo k co e ing he Middle Eas and he Fa Eas e n coun ies, domina ed mainly hough no exclusi ely by Muslim me chan s (Sica d, 1968). As ea ly as he 8 h cen u y, a chaeological e idence o his long-dis ance ade con i ms he exis ence and impo ance o hese coas al po s (Sinclai ; 1982, Sinclai , 1987; Sinclai e al, 2012; Wood e al, 2012), pa icula ly a ound he Sa e del a (Sica d, 1968).1 This sugges s ha his ade was o p ima y impo ance o he p ospe i y o he no he n owns and some smalle sou he n A ican po s, such as So ala o Mozambique Island, long be o e he Po uguese a i ed in he egion (Newi , 1995) and ha i was he eason o he i s Po uguese se le- men s on he Eas A ican coas . A e building a o i ied ading pos in So ala in 1505, Po ugal expec ed o con ol he gold ade and hus gua an ee he gold i needed o pu chase Indian spices. A he same ime, ans o ming Mozambique Island in o a Po uguese po o call would gua an ee bo h he possibili y o p o isioning ships on hei way o India and p o iding sailo s and a elle s wi h acili ies o es and e- co e y (Boxe , 1961). Howe e , expec a ions and eali y we e wo e y di e en hings and in he ea ly 16 h cen u y he Po uguese we e inding i e y di icul o eplace he well es ablished Muslim ne wo ks. 1 Sica d s a es ha , be o e he Muslim ade s, me chan s om Asian o igin would ha e used he po o Singó o Nshawa in he Sa e Del a o gold ading. This po , which he au ho iden i ies as he island o Wasika epo ed by Ibn-Madjid, would ha e been he key poin in he Indian Ocean ade ou es and also he inland A ican ade ou e, since going up he Sa e Ri e , i was possible o each Bu ua whe e he gold was mined. Based on Blake- Thompson’s wo ks he also s a es ha he Sa e was na igable in small boa s all he way h ough Mozambique a leas as a as he con luence wi h he Lundi, whe e aces o a po wi h e idence o ma ine and es ua ine auna ha e been ound. 22 The So ala Coas (Mozambique) in he 16 h Cen u y: be ween he A ican ade ou es and Indian Ocean ade E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 Fig. 1. T ade be ween A ica, Asia and Eu ope on he e e o he Po uguese expansion In: Fage, 1978, p. 27 Po ugal, So ala and he Indian Ocean ade ne wo k in he 16 h cen u y A he u n o he 16 h cen u y, he a i al o he Po uguese on he Eas A ican coas and he Indian Ocean o eshadowed he ad en o deep changes in he exis ing ans- egional social and comme cial ne wo ks and ha hese changes we e iewed di e en ly by hose in ol ed. Fo he Muslim ne wo ks i was he beginning o he end o a long pe iod o indispu able sup emacy in he Indian Ocean and hey eac ed immedia ely by appealing o a med esis ance agains he newcome s, in ude s and io- len Po uguese (al-Maliba i, ci . in Ho, 2004, p.222). Fo he Po uguese, i was he beginning o a p ocess o con ac s and exchanges essen ial o he consoli- da ion o he Po uguese p esence in he Indian Ocean and he cons uc ion o he Po uguese Empi e. They belie ed ha , wha e e he ci cums ances, hei igh o con ol he ocean was unques ionable. Violence was he e o e o be used 23 Ana C is ina Roque E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 i necessa y, and he Indian Ocean soon u ned in o “an a ena o mili a y and comme cial geo-s a egy” (Ho, 2004, p.217). In his con ex he es ablishmen o he So ala ading pos in 1505 was he main basis o he s uc u e o his p esence in he i s qua e o he 16 h cen u y. The in o ma ion om Vasco da Gama’s i s oyage (1497-98) had shown how essen ial i was o he success o he Po uguese plan o con ol Indian Ocean ade o se up a ading pos on he Eas A ican coas . Acco dingly, based on he assump ion ha i would no be di icul o eplace he “Moo s” ( he Muslim me chan s domina ing Indian Ocean ading and social ne wo ks) Sancho de To a was sen wi h Ped o l a es Cab al´s lee , in 1500, wi h speci ic ins uc- ions o se up a Po uguese ading pos in So ala. The launch o his ini ia i e was conside ed so impo an and u gen ha a new Fei o (adminis a o )2 was appoin ed o So ala e en be o e he e u n o Cab al’s lee and in he absence o any in o ma ion con i ming he es ablishmen o he pos . In ac , his new Fei o sailed wi h João da No a’s lee in 1502. The only eason why he did no s ay in So ala was because, du ing a s opo e a Aguada de S. B az (p esen day Mossel Bay in Sou h A ica), hey we e in o med ha he ading pos had no ye been buil (Co eia, 1858). This se back did ha e he bene i o gi ing King Manuel ime o se pu he guidelines o his policy owa ds he egion, s essing he need o se up ading pos s in So ala and Kilwa o ensu e con ol o he pi o al A ican poin s in ade wi h he A ican hin e land (So ala/gold) and he Eas Indian Ocean coun ies (Kilwa/clo h and beads). The model ha was d awn up – a ading o ess (Fo aleza- ei o ia)3 – was e y e ealing o he idea he Po uguese had o he egion and he possible hos ili y o i s inhabi an s. I also highligh ed he u gency o aking app op ia e measu es o suppo he Po uguese p ojec , e en in he absence o any su ey o he egion and igno ance o he ma ke s uc u e, in ol ing bo h Eas A ica and he Eas e n coun ies on he Indian Ocean. Howe e , his sho coming was la gely o e come by a con ic ion o he impo ance o ade, especially in gold, which in i sel seemed o jus i y he in es men . 2 Fei o – Royal o icial esponsible o he economic and inancial managemen o he ading pos and he collec ion o axes on behal o he king 3 The se ing up o a ading o ess in he p esence o a ai ly hos ile en i onmen om a poli ical poin o iew equi es he p e-exis ence o ade in one o mo e su icien ly aluable p oduc s o jus i y such a la ge in es men as he cons uc ion o a o and he main enance o i s ga ison o soldie s and oyal o icials (M. E. M. San os & V. Rod igues, 1989, p. 237). 24 The So ala Coas (Mozambique) in he 16 h Cen u y: be ween he A ican ade ou es and Indian Ocean ade E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 The So ala ading pos embodied he Po uguese d eam o mas e ing he A ican gold ade o p o ide he necessa y capi al o pu chasing peppe (Newi , 1995) and was he e o e he i s s ep owa ds building wha would be he Po uguese Empi e in he Eas . Fu he mo e, So ala was he eason o Kilwa’s p ospe i y. As a po o he expo o gold om he hin e land, he Po uguese ega ded So ala as he ocal poin o his ade and conque ing i would au oma ically ensu e con ol o he gold ade. The e o e, he a ailabili y o mili a y esou ces o suppo his deci- sion and cau ion in d awing up s a egies o he occupa ion o es ablishmen o a ne wo k o local alliances became c ucial o acili a ing success ul comple ion o he p ojec . Once he guidelines o he Po uguese policy o he egion had been de ined, i was necessa y o implemen a plan ha ook accoun o possible scena ios and ways o o e come po en ial di icul ies.4 In ac , depending on he speci ic- i y o each si ua ion, he occupa ion o he coas ollowed ou di e en mod- els, namely, he conques o posi ions by o ce o a ms (Kilwa), he submission o Po uguese so e eign y exp essed in paymen o a ibu e (Zanziba ), he alliance wi h impo an pa ne s in he egion (Malindi) o he deploymen nego- ia ed wi h he local chie ains, in ol ing he a ailabili y o a physical space and he g an o exclusi e ading igh s (So ala) (Roque, 2012, pp. 209-236). The implemen a ion o his policy assumed ha ade on his coas he ea e would be he monopoly o he Po uguese C own, he local indigenous people would be espec ed and he “Moo s” would be subdued by he Po uguese and would ag ee o pay axes, ees and licences, i necessa y, by o ce o a ms. The la - e was he posi ion ha p e ailed in he ea ly yea s5 when he Po uguese had o ace he opposi ion o he Muslim communi ies he e and h oughou he Indian Ocean, whe e hey we e s ongly deployed. Howe e , e en a e he es ablishmen o o esses, ading pos s and alli- ances o he imposi ion o a sys em o ade licences – ca azes – (Villie s,1986; Ma hew, 1986) on behal o he Po uguese C own, he sys em p o ed o be ine - ec i e. The absence o p io , accu a e, c edible in o ma ion on he poli ical, social and economic s uc u e o he local communi ies o he size and cha ac e is ics o 4 In his espec , he Regimen o do Capi ão-mó , D. F ancisco de Almeida (1505) is a key documen in unde s anding he main lines o Po uguese policies bo h o his egion and he Indian Ocean in gene al. 5 Among he mos signi ican examples o he use o o ce, we ha e he conques o Kilwa and he sacking o Mombasa in 1505 unde he o de s o F ancisco de Almeida, he T is an da Cunha campaigns on Madagasca ’s no hwes coas in 1506 and he sack o Oge also in 1506 pe o med by T is an da Cunha, A onso de Albuque que and João da No a. Anonymous, 1521(?), Caps. 70 and 71 25 Ana C is ina Roque E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 he Muslim diaspo a in he Indian Ocean o i s impo ance in Eas A ica mean he Po uguese had no idea on how o ac e ec i ely. Only a e se ling did hey ealise he u gen need o change he basis on which he whole plan o con ol he A ican Indian a ea was cen ed. Indeed, he need o his adjus men became clea sho ly a e he nego ia ions be ween Ped o de Anhaia and Yusu , King o So ala, on he es ablishmen o he ading pos . They showed ha o achie e i s objec i es, he Po uguese C own had o ind a di e en policy. On he one hand, he impo ance o he Muslim communi y in he egion could clea ly no be igno ed and ha he Po uguese should be able o coope a e, a leas un il hey we e able o eplace hese “Moo s” and hei ne wo ks. On he o he hand, i became equally ob ious ha i he Po uguese wan ed o mas e he Indian Ocean ade ou es be ween Eas A ica and he Eas , hey also had o adap hei usual ange o commodi ies o A ican p e e ences and equi emen s, especially wi h espec o he gold ade. The mon hs ollowing he opening o So ala ading pos we e c ucial o he Po uguese o ealise he impo ance and he ole o hese “Moo s” and, espe- cially, o lea n how o handle he si ua ion and ake ad an age o i o hei own bene i . Be o e he a i al o he Po uguese, ade in he Indian Ocean was ee o im- posi ions and es ic ions on he mo emen o people and goods (Ma hew, 1986; Pouwels, 2002; Ho, 2004). I ope a ed on he basis o comme cial ne wo ks buil on in e -pe sonal ela ionships linking he communi ies o he no he n Swahili owns wi h he sou he n A ican po s and he hin e land ai s. This enabled he “Moo s” o domina e coas al a ic and mos o he ade be ween he coas and inland kingdoms and chie aincies (Roque, 2013, pp. 189-193). Toge he wi h hei local agen s hey we e no only in con ol o he ade ou es o A ican gold and Indian clo hs and beads, which we e he b eadwin- ne s o he coas al es ablishmen s, bu also o essen ial ood supplies o local esiden s and many o he A ican p oduc s wi h high demand in he Eas e n ma ke s, such as i o y, p ecious woods, pea ls, seed pea ls, o oiseshell, animal skins, ambe , elephan oil, ee h o “ ish-woman”, medicinal plan s, sla es and e en aw co on (Anonymous, 1497, pp. 98-21). Co on was a egional p oduc ex- clusi ely in ended o he manu ac u e o ex iles (Ba bosa, 1516, p.18; Moncla o, 1569, p. 547) ha we e so special hey could only be wo n by he local uling eli e (Ba os, 1552, p. 377). This ne wo k also encompassed o he key economic sec o s, such as ship- building and boa cha e s o ca y passenge s and goods along he coas . In bo h cases, he communi ies in ol ed bene i ed om a secula backg ound, p o iding 26 The So ala Coas (Mozambique) in he 16 h Cen u y: be ween he A ican ade ou es and Indian Ocean ade E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 know-how and expe ise o e many gene a ions, which made hem highly mo- bile and able o adap o changes o new si ua ions (Roque, 2013). The in luence o he “Moo s” had clea ly been unde es ima ed by he Po uguese C own and i would no be easy o emo e o eplace hem wi hin he igh s ensh ined by he papal bulls (Rex Re um, 1436; Dum Di e sas, 1452; Romanus Pon i ex, 1455 and In e Cae e a, 1456) o he guidelines o he Regimen os and p o isions o he i s oyal ins uc ions, which clea ly e ealed he king’s p io i- ies o Po uguese ac ions in o e seas e i o ies (Russell-Wood, 2007, p.16). As poin ed ou by Ma hews (1986, p. 73), Po uguese “aspi a ions o app o- p ia e ade in he Indian Ocean we e based on ce ain assump ions which did no s and he es o ac ual encoun e wi h he exis ing sys ems in Eas A ica”. I was he e o e necessa y o show some lexibili y and adap abili y o gain g adual bu undispu able con ol. As ea ly as No embe 1506, he i s esul s o his eadjus men we e epo - ed by Manuel Fe nandes, he local Fei o . Hoping o educe business ha he ading pos was unable o con ol and bene i om he local in luence o he Muslim communi y, Fe nandes, s ongly commi ed himsel o o ming a g oup o “ iendly Moo s and subjec s o he King” – Mou os amigos e se ido es d’el-Rei – (Fe nandes, 1506, p. 692). They would ac as in e media ies be ween he ading pos and he hin e land kingdoms in a ou o Po uguese in e es s. The ini ia- i e had li le success bu his successo s we e s ill keen on p ese ing and e en s eng hening his link. They asked he “Moo s” o se e o icially as media o s in nego ia ions (Sob inho, 1515, pp. 240-246; Soa es, 1513, p. 466) and included hem in Po uguese embassies sen o local kingdoms and chie aincies (Anhaia, 1506, pp. 508-519; Rol do pagamen o de soldos … 1518, p. 429). Fa om meaning hey we e gi ing up on hei goals, he a i ude o he Po uguese was in line wi h common p ac ice among local chie s. I showed an awa eness o a si ua ion ha equi ed changes and adjus men s wi h immedia e impac on he ading pos and he su i al o he people li ing and wo king he e. In his con ex , he a ailabili y o sui able goods in demand in he local and egional A ican ma ke s was as impo an as ensu ing he egula supply o ood o he ading pos (Roque, 2012). When i came o alliances, he di icul y o keeping local indigenous people and “Moo s” apa combined wi h impossibili y o conside ing hem sepa a e- ly in business. This la e aspec was pa icula ly impo an in he pu chase o p o isions. Al hough oyal ins uc ions demanded ha he o ess should al- ways ha e enough supplies o main ain s a and esiden s o abou six mon hs (Regimen o do Capi ão-mó D. F ancisco de Almeida, 1505, p. 234; Regimen o 27 Ana C is ina Roque E-Book’IS • Fluid Ne wo ks and Hegemonic Powe s in he Wes e n Indian Ocean • 2017 de So ala, 1530, p. 348), in p ac ice hey we e all a he me cy o wha could be bough locally (Regimen o de So ala, 1530, p. 348 and 368). And i , heo e ically, a ailable goods we e condi ioned by ma ke supplies, in ac he main cons ain was access o egional p oduc ion and dis ibu ion ne wo ks, mos ly domina ed by “Moo s”, who ac ed in collusion wi h So ala chie s. In he diploma ic app oach o he local chie aincies and kingdoms, he Po uguese ca e ully hough h ough he sys em o alliances so as no o jeop- a dise he p o isioning o he ading pos . In u n, his s a egy also allowed hem o de elop pe sonal ela ionships wi h he mos impo an chie s in he So ala egion and o join egional and local ade ne wo ks. This esul ed in pa ne ships and associa ions especially a an indi idual le el, and he subse- quen accep ance o many Po uguese in o he local communi ies (Roque, 2004; Roque,2012). This ela ionship highligh s how quickly he Po uguese in So ala ealised he modus ope andi o he local s uc u es and began o use simila models o ensu e hei own accep ance. As a esul , in he i s qua e o he 16 h cen u y, many Po uguese we e al eady li ing in he inland egions. Some o hem, who engaged in diploma ic o comme cial ac i i ies, e en wen o li e in he cou s o he local chie doms such as he Kingdom o Qui e e.6 O he s, such as c iminals banished om Po uguese se lemen s, in es ed a hei own isk in backcoun y ade (Roque, 2012). Some o hese con ic s e en ually achie ed p es igious posi ions in local and egional ade ne wo ks, whe e hey ea ned a li ing, and, la e , he s a us o o icial in e media ies in ade wi h he same Po uguese who exiled hem (Nau gio da Nao São Thomé …1589, p. 29). One o he mos in e es ing cha ac e is ics o he Po uguese So ala o i ied ading pos was i s people’s abili y o su i e by blending in socially and cul u - ally wi h he local communi ies (Roque, 2013). This p ocess was pa icula ly im- po an om he mid-16 h cen u y. This was when he gold ade in he Zambezi Valley began o pola ize a en ion and esou ces and So ala expe ienced a p o- g essi e disengagemen om he Po uguese C own in a ou o Mozambique Island. The island was u he no h and nea e o he Zambezi Del a, whe e a new ading pos and po o call we e unde de elopmen o suppo he Ca ei a da Índia and assis he Po uguese in Eas A ica and A ica Indian ocean ade (Boxe , 1961). E en hough he easons o his loss o in e es a e no analysed he e, we should no e ha his posi ion s emmed om a clea ma ginalisa ion o So ala. 6 See he case o Rod igo Lobo, in he la e 16 h cen u y, who was g an ed by he King o Qui e e wi h mo e han a hal o Ma oupe Island in So ala’s Ri e and awa ded wi h he i le o “king’s wi e”. 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