Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf

Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf
Part of the Anglo-Portuguese relations and Portuguese–Safavid wars
Batalha Naval de Ormuz, by João Dantas, c. 1812.
Date 1615 – 1635 Location Persian Gulf Result Convention of Goa [1] [2]
Belligerents
Portuguese Estado da Índia	English East India Company

The Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf was a period of military and commercial competition between the Kingdom of Portugal and the English East India Company. Lasting from 1615 to 1635, ^[3] the conflict was a theater of the broader hostilities across the Indian Ocean, which began in 1602 and concluded with the Convention of Goa in 1635. ^[4]

List of battles

• Battle off Jask
• Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm
• Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz
• Battle off Hormuz (1625)
• Loss of the Lion (1625)

References

1. Boxer 1935, p. 119–120.
2. Puga, The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793, 2013, p. 23.
3. Boxer 1935, p. 46–124.
4. Chaudhri, The English East India Company, 1999, p. 72.

Bibliography

• Boxer, Charles Ralph (1935). "Anglo-Portuguese Rivalry in the Persian Gulf 1615–1635". In Edgar Prestage (ed.). Chapters in Anglo-Portuguese Relations. Watford, Hertfordshire: Voss and Michael. pp. 46–129.