Conquer and Divide
Ahhh, Bahmanis, the bane of Portuguese in India. Them and their allies had made every effort to stop the Portuguese advancement in the subcontinent. The wars with them had always been bloody and brutal. The Bahmanis always ensured that chapters about fighting with them had been intense. Bahmanis in 1644 is something different.
Bahmanis has no allies this time. Their massive territories had been reduced both by Portugal and some of their former allies. Well, to be fair, they still controlled much of India, but nothing of the scope they used to be. So, when Portugal declared war on June 1644, there were some nice surprises first- undefended fortresses!
Golkonda and Srikakulam with 30 days. Rest, the Portuguese did not reach in time, but the other fortresses were still totally undefended and Portuguese caught them halfway to being ready against serious sieges. As for battles- in November 1644, Portuguese fought 8000 Bahmanis, forced them to retreat. In December, Portuguese caught up with the remnants and the Bahmanis army was destroyed.
Wait, this was all? Heh, poor Bahmanis
Then, it was sieges again. In February 1645, Bidar, their capital fell. By October 1545, all of Bahmanis territories were occupied by the Portuguese. It took the Portuguese a year and half to grab everything the once powerful enemy of the Portuguese held.
Everything controlled by the Portuguese
The peace was signed in January 1647, a bit over a year after the Portuguese took all. Reason for that is simple- Filipe II wanted to grab as much from Bahmanis as possible and thus he waited for overextension to go down. In the end, Portuguese gained much though- all of Bahmanis coastal provinces and chain of provinces, reaching from West India to East India, dividing Bahmanis into two. In addition, the Portuguese now almost control the Indian coastline.
See that blue province in upper right corner? That is the only Indian coastal province not controlled by Portugal
As for trade, with this war, Portugal gained enough power in Goa that Filipe II changed trade setup once again. All the trade flowing from Ceylon (and that is all of Far Eastern trade) does not go directly to Aden, but will take an addition step in Goa.
All of Portuguese trade now flows through Goa
Meanwhile, in America
In February 1647, Portugal declared war on Charca in South America. In August, the nation was annexed and added to Portuguese Peruvian lands.
Another native nation gone
In November 1647, Portuguese declared war on Cajamarca, same continent, and in February 1648, they were conquered as well.
We are running out of natives
Absolutum Dominium
In 1648, Portuguese technology levels rose once more. Better trade efficiency, more cannons, better infantry fire- they were all good. But the main chance was that in 1648, Filipe II instituted absolute monarchy in Portugal. Main bonus- the Portuguese are now really disciplined in the battlefield. And always listen to their Emperor.
Useful stuff everywhere
The State, that is I, said Filipe II
Colonial Matters
Turrbal, in Middle Earth, became self-sufficient in October 1646. Kendari in Moluccas in February 1647. Siuslaw in California, April 1647.
Most importantly though, Filipe II ordered colonization of a brand new area- in Florida. Seems like no-one was interested in Southern regions of North America, with the exception of Portugal. So, why not show the world how it is done? Two colonists were added to the task, and total four colonies at the time were developed. In May 1648, first of them, Mayaimi, became self-sustaining. Soon to be New Portugal, 10th Colonial nation.
Foundation of yet another colonial nation