siege, early modern

Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm

Name: Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm
Location: Iran

Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm was a siege conducted in 1621 in what is now Iran; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q137921461. The recorded result: Anglo-Persian victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 Persians; 400 boats; 9 English ships against 3,000 men.

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Fought1621ran into the following year

WhereIran26.770N, 55.770E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAnglo-Persian victory

BelligerentsSafavid Iran; East India CompanyagainstPortugal

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Part ofQ137921461

Record

Date	1621 (year precision) to 1622
Place	Iran 26.770N, 55.770E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Qeshm fort under Persian control
Strength	25,000 Persians; 400 boats; 9 English ships	3,000 men
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy
Commanders	Emamqoli Khan Abdullah Hussain Khan Edward Monnox William Baffin	Rui Freire de Andrade

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Dschask 1620, 243 km SE
Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554, 297 km SE
Siege of Sirjan 1393, 298 km N
Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 383 km W
Battle off Hormuz 1625, 406 km W

In the same war

After: Safavid invasions of Basra 1624

Elsewhere in 1621

Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 157 in present-day Iran.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q121433627, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm, revision 1378915981, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.