siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Diu

Name: Siege of Diu
Location: Diu, India

Siege of Diu was a siege conducted in 1531 at Diu, in what is now India. It was part of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations, which ran from 1538 to 1718. The recorded result: Ottoman–Gujarati victory.

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Fought1531

WhereDiu, India20.715N, 70.984E

OutcomeOttoman–Gujarati victory

BelligerentsOttoman Empire; Gujarat SultanateagainstPortuguese Empire

Casualties and losses800and31 dead; 120 wounded

Part ofOttoman–Portuguese confrontations1538 to 1718

Where it sits in Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations

7 placed engagements of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1531 (year precision)
Place	Diu, India 20.715N, 70.984E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	10,000–12,000 men; 2 galleons; 70 oarships of various sizes; several basilisks	About 400 vessels: 14 galleons; 6 naus; 2 war caravels; 5 large supply junks; 2 galleasses; 12 galleys; 16 half-galleys; 228 light-galleys; 115 small craft and merchantships; 30,000 men, including: 3,560 Portuguese soldiers; 2,000 Malabarese auxiliaries; 8,000 combat slaves; 3,000 slave gunners; 1,450 Portuguese sailors; 4,000 Malabarese sailors or rowers; 800 junk ship crew
Casualties and losses	800	31 dead; 120 wounded
Commanders	Khoja Zufar Mustafa Bayram	Nuno da Cunha

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Diu 1509, 80 km S
Siege of Diu 1538, 80 km S
Second Siege of Diu 1546, 80 km S
Battle of Swally 1612, 177 km E
Battle of Surat 1704, 179 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Jeddah 1517
After: Battle of the Bay of Velez 1553
All 7 engagements of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations

Elsewhere in 1531

Siege of Diu 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 Q7509975, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Diu (1531), revision 1370740748, 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.