siege, early modern

Siege of Anjadiva

Name: Siege of Anjadiva
Start: 1506-03-01
Location: Fort Anjediva, India

Siege of Anjadiva was a siege conducted on 1 March 1506 at Fort Anjediva, in what is now India; it lasted 15 days. It was part of Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts, which ran from 1506 to 1659. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 60 ships against Unknown.

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Fought1 March 1506lasted 15 days

WhereFort Anjediva, India14.786N, 74.120E

OutcomePortuguese victory

BelligerentsBijapur SultanateagainstPortuguese Empire

Part ofAdil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts1506 to 1659

Where it sits in Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts

6 placed engagements of Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1 March 1506 to 16 March 1506
Place	Fort Anjediva, India 14.786N, 74.120E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	60 ships	Unknown
Commanders	Yusuf Adil Shah	Francisco de Almeida

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Ponda 1675, 69 km N
Battle of Goa 1638, 92 km N
Siege of Alorna 1746, 104 km N
Siege of Darwar 1790, 121 km NE
Siege of Bankapur 1573, 124 km E

In the same war

After: Battle of Dabul 1509
All 6 engagements of Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts

Elsewhere in 1506

Siege of Anjadiva is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509814, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Anjadiva (1506), revision 1370738862, 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.