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Second Siege of Diu

Second Siege of Diu was a siege conducted on 10 November 1546 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: 18 May: 440 men against 10,000 men.

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Portuguese ships battling the Turks at Goa, by Theodore de Bry, 1620 Source: ebay, Mar. 2003 "Theodore De Bry was variously a goldsmith, engraver and publisher in Frankfort on Main in Germany in the l. Theodore de Bry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought10 November 1546
WhereDiu, India20.000N, 71.000E
OutcomePortuguese victory
BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireagainstGujarat Sultanate; Ottoman Empire
Casualties and lossesMore than 200and3,000 killed
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, 156015381560Second Siege of Diu, 1546
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

Date10 November 1546
to 10 November 1546
PlaceDiu, India
20.000N, 71.000E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength18 May: 440 men10,000 men
Casualties and lossesMore than 2003,000 killed
Commanders
  • João de Castro
  • Khoja Zufar
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Second 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 Q7443525, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Diu (1546), revision 1385071272, 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.