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
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.
Battle of Chaul
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The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cann
Siege of Diu (1538)
…omitted the great Portuguese victory at Diu in 1509 against a combined Gujarati, Egyptian and Malabar fleet, though they mentioned the much smaller Battle of Chaul of 1508 where the Portuguese were defeated. In 1540, the Portuguese sent a retaliatory expedition to Suez with a fleet of 72 ships, sacking Suakin…
Tancredi Scarpelli - The heroic end of Lorenzo d'Almeida in the battle of Chaul