Siege of Diu (1538)
Portuguese victory against Gujarat in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other sieges of Diu, see Siege of Diu (1546) and Siege of Diu (1531).
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Second siege of Diu | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
First siege of Diu. Suleiman, Ottoman general, is constrained to lift it, and run away. Lithograph by Manuel Luís da Costa, 1840 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire |
Ottoman Empire Gujarat Sultanate | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
António da Silveira Martim Afonso de Sousa |
Hadım Suleiman Pasha Khadjar Safar (WIA) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
600 men (garrison)[1] 139 ships 186 cannon |
16,000 Gujarati [2] 6,000 Ottomans[3] 79 ships[3] 130 cannon[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
All but 40 killed or wounded[5] | Unknown casualties[5] | ||||||
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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 in 1538, then held by the Portuguese. The Portuguese successfully resisted the four months long siege. It is part of the Ottoman-Portuguese war.