siege, early modern

Capture of Muscat

Name: Capture of Muscat
Location: Old Muscat, Oman

Capture of Muscat was a siege conducted in 1507 at Old Muscat, in what is now Oman. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Old Muscat. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 460–500 soldiers; 6 ships against Unknown.

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Fought1507

WhereOld Muscat, Oman23.613N, 58.592E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

BelligerentsKingdom of PortugalagainstKingdom of Hormuz

Casualties and lossesUnknownandVery heavy

Record

Date	1507 (year precision)
Place	Old Muscat, Oman 23.613N, 58.592E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Establishment of Portuguese Muscat
Strength	460–500 soldiers; 6 ships	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Very heavy
Commanders	Afonso de Albuquerque

Placed at Old Muscat; 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

Capture of Muscat 1649, same recorded site
Capture of Muscat 1552, 0.5 km S
Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554, 166 km N
Battle of Dschask 1620, 238 km N
Siege of Sirjan 1393, 711 km NW

Elsewhere in 1507

Battle of Mers-el-Kébir Algeria
Battle of Erzincan Turkey

Capture of Muscat is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 8 in present-day Oman.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q129918147, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Muscat (1507), revision 1370609249, 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.