battle, early modern

Capture of Muscat

Name: Capture of Muscat
Location: Muscat, Oman

Capture of Muscat was a battle fought in 1581 at Muscat, in what is now Oman. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Muscat. It was part of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations, which ran from 1538 to 1718. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 150–200 men; 3 light galliots.

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Fought1581

WhereMuscat, Oman23.614N, 58.592E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireagainstOttoman Empire

Casualties and losses3 galliots captured, 150+ men killed.andUnknown

Part ofOttoman–Portuguese confrontations1538 to 1718

Where it sits in Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations

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Record

Date	1581 (year precision)
Place	Muscat, Oman 23.614N, 58.592E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	Unknown	150–200 men; 3 light galliots
Casualties and losses	3 galliots captured, 150+ men killed.	Unknown
Commanders	Mir Ali Beg (Ottoman corsair)

Placed at 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, 0.1 km S
Capture of Muscat 1552, 0.6 km S
Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554, 165 km N
Battle of Dschask 1620, 237 km N
Siege of Sirjan 1393, 711 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Bay of Velez 1553
After: Sinking of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição 1621
All 7 engagements of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations

Elsewhere in 1581

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 Q118946422, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Muscat (1581), revision 1384523176, 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.