Liurai is a ruler's title on Timor. The word is Tetun and literally means "surpassing the earth". It was originally associated with Wehali, a ritually...

Liurai is a suco in Aileu Subdistrict, Aileu District, East Timor. The administrative area covers an area of 10.33 square kilometres and at the time of...

mountain Babulo (670m) lies to the south of the village of the same name. Baha Liurai, the Suco's holy mountain, lies to the north-east of the village of Babulo...

made an honorary Liurai in September 2014, when he and his family visited the country to attend the second Senate session of the Liurais Association, which...

the part of the Portuguese against Boaventura, the Liurai of Manufahi. Dom Aleixo become the Liurai of Ainaro after 1912. In 1931 he converted to the Catholic...

the culmination of a series of revolts led by Dom Boaventura [pt], the liurai (chief) of the native kingdom of Manufahi. The first lasted from 1894 to...

"female", and he kept an executive "male" regent or assistant by his side, the Liurai ("surpassing the land"). According to oral tradition Wehali was the first...

Bandudatu Suco Fahiria Suco Fatubosa Suco Hoholau Suco Lahae Suco Lausi Suco Liurai Suco Malere Suco Saboria Suco Seloi Kraik Laulara Administrative Post Suco...

larger kingdoms led by a liurai. Authority within these kingdoms was held by two individuals, with the worldly power of the liurai balanced by the spiritual...

of the Portuguese and Topasses in West Timor collapsed. In April 1751, Liurais of Servião rose up; according to one source, Gaspar only met his death...