Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
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The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts were a period of conflict during the Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and series of armed military encounters between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along with regional allies in and along the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea.
The Portuguese fortress of Diu in India, strongly attacked by the Ottomans in 1538.
The Ottoman admiral Selman Reis defended Jeddah against a Portuguese attack in 1517
Portuguese depiction of Suez in 1541.
16th century Portuguese depiction of Ethiopians, from the Códice Casanatense.
Ottoman Empire
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The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
Ottoman miniature of Osman I by Yahya Bustanzâde (18th Century)
The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, as depicted in an Ottoman miniature from 1523
Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror's entry into Constantinople; painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)
Ottoman miniature of the Battle of Mohács in 1526