Topasses

Not to be confused with Topass, the South Asian translators for the British colonial empire's armies.

Topasses (Tupasses, Topas, Topaz) were a group of people led by the two powerful families – Da Costa and Hornay – that resided in Oecussi and Flores. The Da Costa families were descendants of Portuguese Jewish merchants. The Hornay were Dutch.

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