The Sixth India Armada was assembled in 1504 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Lopo Soares de Albergaria.
Depiction of the 6th India Armada (Albergaria, 1504), from the Memória das Armadas
Lopo Soares de Albergaria
Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts
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A number of armed engagements between the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate and the Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean took place during the early part of the 16th century. The conflicts came following the
6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504)
…persuaded that more active measures must be taken - not merely to get the Portuguese to behave, but to drive them out of the Indian Ocean altogether. (see Portuguese–Mamluk naval war) Portuguese India Armadas…
The 7th Portuguese India Armada battled in the Indian Ocean from 1505.
The Venetians under Leonardo Loredano favoured the Mamluks and Ottomans against the Portuguese.
Venetian embassy to the Mamluk Governor in Damascus in 1511, workshop of Giovanni Bellini.
Shah İsmail