Siege of Diu (1531)

Siege of Diu (1531)
Part of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts
Date1531
LocationDiu, Gujarat Sultanate
Result Decisive Ottoman-Gujarati victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Gujarat Sultanate		 Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Bayram Nuno da Cunha
Strength
2,000[1]

The Siege of Diu occurred when a combined Ottoman-Gujarati force defeated a Portuguese attempt to capture the city of Diu in 1531. The victory was partly the result of Ottoman firepower over the Portuguese besiegers deployed by Mustafa Bayram, an Ottoman expert.[2]


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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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