Siege of Diu (1531)

Siege of Diu (1531
Part of the Ottoman wars
Date 1531
Location Diu, India
Result Decisive Ottoman victory

Ottomans capture Diu
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Bayram
Strength
2,000[1]
Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean

The Siege of Diu occurred when an Ottoman imperial fleet captured the Indian city of Diu in 1531, then held by the Portuguese. The conquest was partly the result of Muslim firepower over the Portuguese deployed by Mustafa Bayram, an Ottoman expert. As a result of the victory the Portuguese were repelled from Diu.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Pan-Islamism: Indian Muslims, the Ottomans and Britain, 1877-1924, Azmi Özcan, page 4, 1997
  2. ^ Guns for the sultan: military power and the weapons industry in the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, page 194, 2005

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