Siege Of Diu
Siege of Diu may refer to one of the following conflicts fought within or on the waters off the Island of Diu: *Battle of Diu (1509) * Siege of Diu (1531) * Siege of Diu (1538) * Siege of Diu (1546) *Annexation of Goa The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the India, Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed ...

Siege Of Diu (1546)
The 1546 siege of Diu, also known as the second siege of Diu was conducted by joint forces of the Ottoman Empire and Gujarat Sultanate against the Portuguese Indian city of Diu. It ended with a major Portuguese victory. Background At the beginning of the 16th century, the Muslim Sultanate of Gujarat was the principal seapower in India. Gujarat fought the Portuguese fleets in collaboration with the Mamluk Sultanate. The Portuguese were defeated by a combined Mamluk-Gujarati fleet in 1508, which was in turn destroyed by a Portuguese fleet in the Battle of Diu (1509). The Portuguese again attempted to capture the city in 1531. While the Ottoman-Gujarati defenders successfully withstood the siege, victory was short-lived. In 1535 Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat concluded a peace treaty with the Portuguese, allowing them to build a fort at Diu. By 1536, the Portuguese had gained complete control of Diu, while the Sultanate of Gujarat was under attack from the Mughals. In 1538, the ...
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Diu Island
Diu Island is an island off the southern coast of Gujarat's Kathiawar peninsula, separated from the mainland by a tidal creek. It has an area of 38 km2, and a population of 44,110 (2001 census). Administratively it belongs to the Diu district of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu union territory of India, both Damaon and Diu share the same elected representative as the member of parliament. The island lies 5 km to the east of Diu Head. The town of Diu and Diu Fort are located on the island. There is also a domestic airport, Diu Airport. History Throughout the 15th century, especially under Muzaffar Han, Diu flourished as a major port of the Gujarati state, with a notable fleet. From 1510, it became the seat of the governors of Surat. In 1535, the viceroy Nuno da Cunha made a treaty with Bahadur Sah, the sultan of Khambhat, for the use of the port by Portugal. Despite several attacks by Ottomans and Arabs, the Portuguese, who by 1541 had completed the ...
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Battle Of Diu (1509)
The Battle of Diu was a naval battle fought on 3 February 1509 in the Arabian Sea, in the port of Diu, Daman and Diu, Diu, India, between the Portuguese Empire and a joint fleet of the Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat, the Burji dynasty, Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt and the Saamoothiri, Zamorin of Kozhikode, Calicut.Rogers, Clifford J. ''Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe'', San Francisco:Westview Press, 1995, pp. 299–333 aAngelfire.com/ref> The Portuguese victory was critical: the great Muslim alliance was soundly defeated, easing the Portuguese strategy of controlling the Indian Ocean to route trade down the Cape of Good Hope, circumventing the historical spice trade controlled by the Arabs and the Republic of Venice, Venetians through the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. After the battle, the Kingdom of Portugal rapidly captured several key ports in the Indian Ocean including Goa, Ceylon, Melaka, Malacca, Bom Baim and Ormus, Ormuz. The territo ...
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Siege Of Diu (1531)
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. Shortly before the siege the Portuguese encountered roughly 800 enemy soldiers at Siyâl Bet island, engaged them in combat, and killed them all. There were 9 or 17 Portuguese killed and 120 wounded. They then sailed for Diu, but the Muslim alliance defeated them and killed 14. Although Diu was successfully defended, victory was short-lived: Diu was blockaded and the Portuguese armada was diverted towards more exposed Gujarati cities. 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.Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency', Volume 13, Government Central Press, 1882, p.451 In 15 ...
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Siege Of Diu (1538)
The siege of Diu occurred when an army of the Sultanate of Gujarat under Khadjar Safar, aided by forces of the Ottoman Empire, attempted to capture the city of Diu, India, Diu in 1538, then held by the Portugal, Portuguese. The siege was part of the Ottoman-Portuguese war. The Portuguese Empire, Portuguese successfully resisted the four-month long siege. Background In 1509, the major Battle of Diu (1509) took place between the Portuguese and a joint fleet of the Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut with support of the Ottoman Empire. Since 1517, the Ottomans had attempted to combine forces with Gujarat in order to fight the Portuguese away from the Red Sea and in the area of India. Pro-Ottoman forces under Captain Hoca Sefer had been installed by Selman Reis in Diu. Diu in Gujarat (now a state in western India), was with Surat, one of the main points of supply of spices to Ottoman Egypt at that time. ...
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