siege, early modern

Capture of Cambarão

Name: Capture of Cambarão
Location: Iran

Capture of Cambarão was a siege conducted in 1614 in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q1107697. The recorded result: Safavid Victory. Recorded strength: 14,000 men against 80 Portuguese + Unknown number of native Auxiliaries.

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Fought1614

WhereIran27.186N, 56.281E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSafavid Victory

BelligerentsSafavid IranagainstPortugal

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofQ1107697

Record

Date	1614 (year precision) to 1614
Place	Iran 27.186N, 56.281E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	14,000 men	80 Portuguese + Unknown number of native Auxiliaries
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Emamqoli Khan

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, 232 km SE
Siege of Sirjan 1393, 259 km N
Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554, 298 km SE
Siege of Kerman 1794, 353 km N
Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 435 km W

Elsewhere in 1614

Capture of Cambarão 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 Q121408251, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Cambarão, revision 1378916379, 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.