Siege of Diu (1531)

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First siege of Diu
Part of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts
Date16 February 1531 [1]
Location
Result Ottoman–Gujarat victory
Belligerents
Flag of Ottoman Empire (1517-1793).svg  Ottoman Empire
Gujarat Sultanate Flag.gif Gujarat Sultanate
Flag of Portugal (1578).svg  Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Khoja Zufar
Mustafa Bayram
Nuno da Cunha
Strength
10,000 [2] - 12,000 men [3]
2 galleons [4]
70 oarships of various sizes [4]
several basilisks [5]

About 400 [6] [7] [8] vessels:

30,000 men, [10] including:

  • 3,560 Portuguese soldiers [11]
  • 2,000 Malabarese auxiliaries [11] [12]
  • 8,000 combat slaves [11] [7]
    • 3,000 slave gunners [11]
  • 1,450 Portuguese sailors [11] [12]
  • 4,000 Malabarese sailors or rowers [11]
  • 800 junk ship crew [11]
Casualties and losses
800 31 dead [13]
120 wounded

The siege of Diu occurred when a combined Ottoman-Gujarati force defeated a Portuguese attempt to capture the city of Diu in 1531. The victory was partly the result of Ottoman firepower over the Portuguese besiegers deployed by Mustafa Bayram, an Ottoman expert. [14]

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Shortly before the siege they encountered roughly 800 enemy soldiers at Siyâl Bet island [a] , engaged them in combat, and killed them all. [15] There were 9 [16] or 17 Portuguese killed and 120 wounded. [17] They then sailed for Diu, but the Muslim alliance defeated them and killed 14. [18]

Although Diu was successfully defended, victory was short-lived: Diu was blockaded and the Portuguese armada was diverted towards more exposed Gujarati cities. [19] Ghogha, Surat, Mangrol, Somnath, Bassein, Tarapur, Kelva, Mahim, Bulsar, Agashi, Patam, Pate, and many smaller settlements were assaulted and sacked, some never recovering from the attacks. [20] [21] [12]

In 1534, Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat signed a peace treaty with Governor Nuno da Cunha, granting the Portuguese the territory of Bassein, including Bombay. In 1535, the Portuguese were allowed to construct a fortress at Diu.

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