João de Castro
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Dom João de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, who served as the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro by the p
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Siege of Diu (1538)
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The siege of Diu occurred when an army of the Sultanate of Gujarat under Khadjar Safar, aided by forces of the Ottoman Empire, attempted to capture the city of Diu in 1538, then held by the Portuguese
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…São Paulo de Salvaterra in the Order of Christ in 1538. Soon after, de Castro left for India with his uncle Garcia de Noronha, and participated in the relief of Diu upon his arrival at Goa. In 1540 he served on an expedition to Suez under Estêvão da Gama (the son of Vasco da Gama and then viceroy of India), who…
First siege of Diu. Suleiman, Ottoman general, is constrained to lift it, and run away. Lithograph by Manuel Luís da Costa, 1840
Portuguese depiction of a Gujarati foot-soldier (and his wife)
"Tiro de Diu", a Gujarati basilisk captured by the Portuguese in the 1538 siege.
16th century Portuguese sketch of Diu by Dom João de Castro.