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Siege of Diu

Siege of Diu was a siege conducted in July 1538 at Diu, in what is now India. It was part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560, which ran from 1538 to 1557. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 600 men (garrison); 139 ships; 186 cannon against 16,000 Gujarati; 6,000 Ottomans; 79 ships; 130 cannon.

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"Siege de Diu," a copper engraving from Prevost's "Histoire Generale des Voyages, c.1760, with modern hand coloring; *a larger, uncolored scan* Source: http://www.antiqueprints.com/proddetail.php?prod. Prevost, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJuly 1538
WhereDiu, India20.000N, 71.000E
OutcomePortuguese victory
Belligerents25px|border Portuguese Empireagainst25px Ottoman Empire; Gujarat Sultanate
Casualties and lossesAll but 40 killed or woundedandUnknown
Part ofOttoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–15601538 to 1557

Where it sits in Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560

Siege of Diu, 1538Attack on Jeddah, 1541Battle of Suakin, 1541Battle of El Tor, 1541Battle of Suez, 1541Second Siege of Diu, 1546Capture of Aden, 1548Battle of Bab al-Mandab, 1551Siege of Qatif, 1551Capture of Muscat, 1552Siege of Hormuz, 1552Battle of Punnaikayal, 1553Battle of the Strait of Hormuz, 1553Battle of the Gulf of Oman, 1554Siege of Bahrain, 1559Battle of Kamaran, 156015381560Siege of Diu, 1538
16 placed engagements of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJuly 1538 (month precision)
to October 1538
PlaceDiu, India
20.000N, 71.000E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength600 men (garrison); 139 ships; 186 cannon16,000 Gujarati; 6,000 Ottomans; 79 ships; 130 cannon
Casualties and lossesAll but 40 killed or woundedUnknown
Commanders
  • António da Silveira
  • Martim Afonso de Sousa
  • Hadım Suleiman Pasha
  • Khoja Zufar
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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 Q3394749, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Diu (1538), revision 1383066702, 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.