The Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts were various armed engagements that took place in India between the Portuguese Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur, ruled by the Adil Shahi dynasty, whose rulers we
Portuguese sketch of a Kanarese foot-soldier of Goa from the Códice Casanatense.
The viceroy of India Dom João de Castro.
Sketch of a Portuguese galley at the Bijapur port city of Dabul by Dom João de Castro.
Afonso de Albuquerque
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Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese general, admiral, statesman, and conquistador. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese
The Fort of Our Lady of the Conception, Hormuz Island, Iran
Statue of Afonso de Albuquerque, symbolically standing on a stack of weapons, referencing his reply in Hormuz
Afonso de Albuquerque as Governor of India
Illustration depicts the aftermath of the Portuguese conquest of Goa, from the forces of Yusuf Adil Shah.