Siege of Johor | |||||||
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Part of Malay-Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire | Sultanate of Johor | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dom Paulo de Lima | Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Shah II of Johor | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
600 Portuguese soldiers 5 galleons 1 carrack 2 galleys 2 half-galleys about 25 craft | 12,000 men [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
80 dead | 4,000 dead from military action + 3,000 dead in the retreat [2] |
The siege of Johor of 1587 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, sacked, and razed Johor, capital of its eponymous Sultanate. The city would later be rebuilt at a different location.
In 1586 naval forces of Johor began diverting shipping to the Singapore Strait due of a lack of personnel available in Malacca. [3] Malacca itself was threatened by a large Johor fleet, but it was driven back by the presence of heavily armed Portuguese galleons in its harbour. [4] For these reasons, the captain of Malacca João da Silva requested reinforcements from the Viceroy in Goa, Dom Duarte de Meneses, to deal with the threat. These numbered 500 men and 3 galleons, under the command of Dom Paulo de Lima.
The forces of Johor were incapable of preventing the heavy Portuguese infantry from landing and storming the city after a naval bombardment, and its Sultan, Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Shah II was forced to retreat into the jungle in a rout. [5] The Portuguese captured ample spoils, which included over 1,000 cannon, the great majority of them of small caliber, 1,500 firearms, and burned upwards of 2,000 craft of many sizes. [6] Following the attack, Dom Pedro de Lima (brother of Dom Paulo de Lima) also sacked Bintan, a vassal of Johor. [7]
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