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title="Aden">Aden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Ottoman victory</li></ul></div> <ul><li>Ottomans recapture Aden</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fictitious_Ottoman_flag_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Fictitious_Ottoman_flag_2.svg/24px-Fictitious_Ottoman_flag_2.svg.png" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>16th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Cannanore" title="First Battle of Cannanore">Cannanore</a> (1501)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Calicut_(1503)" title="Battle of Calicut (1503)">Calicut</a> (1503)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pandarane" title="Battle of Pandarane">Pandarane</a> (1504)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cochin_(1504)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Cochin (1504)">Cochin</a> (1504)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mombasa_(1505)" title="Battle of Mombasa (1505)">Mombasa</a> (1505)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cannanore" title="Battle of Cannanore">Cannanore</a> (1506)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Anjadiva_(1506)" title="Siege of Anjadiva (1506)">Anjadiva</a> (1506)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Barawa" title="Battle of Barawa">Barawa</a> (1507)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Socotra" title="Battle of Socotra">Socotra</a> (1507)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1507)" title="Capture of Muscat (1507)">Muscat</a> (1507)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Hormuz" title="Portuguese conquest of Hormuz">Hormuz</a> (1507)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cannanore_(1507)" title="Siege of Cannanore (1507)">Cannanore</a> (1507)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaul" title="Battle of Chaul">Chaul</a> (1508)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dabul" title="Battle of Dabul">Dabul</a> (1508)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diu" title="Battle of Diu">Diu</a> (1509)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Goa" title="Portuguese conquest of Goa">Goa</a> (1510)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Malacca_(1511)" title="Capture of Malacca (1511)">Malacca</a> (1511)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Aden" title="Siege of Aden">Aden</a> (1513)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jeddah" title="Siege of Jeddah">Jeddah</a> (1517)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Goa_(1517)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Goa (1517)">Goa</a> (1517)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zeila" title="Battle of Zeila">Zeila</a> (1517)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pago" title="Battle of Pago">Pago</a> (1520)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1521)" title="Battle of Aceh (1521)">Aceh</a> (1521)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_Bahrain" title="Portuguese invasion of Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (1521)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Bintan_(1521)" title="Attack on Bintan (1521)">Bintan</a> (1521)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedir_expedition_(1522)" title="Pedir expedition (1522)">Pedir</a> (1522)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ash-Shihr_(1523)" title="Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)">Ash-Shihr</a> (1523)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Muar_River" title="Battle of Muar River">Muar River</a> (1523)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acehnese_conquest_of_Pasai" title="Acehnese conquest of Pasai">Pasai</a> (1523–24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lingga" title="Battle of Lingga">Lingga</a> (1525)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Calicut_(1526)" title="Siege of Calicut (1526)">Calicut</a> (1526)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bintan" title="Siege of Bintan">Bintan</a> (1526)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mombasa_(1528)" title="Battle of Mombasa (1528)">Mombasa</a> (1528)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1528)" title="Battle of Aceh (1528)">Aceh</a> (1528)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bahrain_(1529)" title="Siege of Bahrain (1529)">Bahrain</a> (1529)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1531)" title="Siege of Diu (1531)">Diu</a> (1531)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Reishahr" title="Battle of Reishahr">Reishahr</a> (1534)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Malacca_(1534)" title="Battle of Malacca (1534)">Malacca</a> (1534)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ugentana" title="Battle of Ugentana">Ugentana</a> (1535)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ugentana_(1536)" title="Battle of Ugentana (1536)">Ugentana</a> (1536)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beadala_(1538)" title="Battle of Beadala (1538)">Beadala</a> (1538)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1538)" title="Siege of Diu (1538)">Diu</a> (1538)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suakin_(1541)" title="Battle of Suakin (1541)">Suakin</a> (1541)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Jeddah_(1541)" title="Attack on Jeddah (1541)">Jeddah</a> (1541)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Tor" title="Battle of El Tor">El Tor</a> (1541)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suez_(1541)" title="Battle of Suez (1541)">Suez</a> (1541)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Benadir" title="Battle of Benadir">Benadir</a> (1542)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1546)" title="Siege of Diu (1546)">Diu</a> (1546)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Perlis_River" title="Battle of Perlis River">Perlis River</a> (1547)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aden</a> (1548)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Shihr_(1548)" title="Battle of al-Shihr (1548)">Al-Shihr</a> (1548)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Qatif_(1551)" title="Siege of Qatif (1551)">Qatif</a> (1551)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1551)" title="Siege of Malacca (1551)">Malacca</a> (1551)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1552)" title="Capture of Muscat (1552)">Muscat</a> (1552)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Strait_of_Hormuz_(1553)" title="Battle of the Strait of Hormuz (1553)">Strait of Hormuz</a> (1553)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Oman" title="Battle of the Gulf of Oman">Gulf of Oman</a> (1554)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bahrain" title="Siege of Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (1559)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom_(1560)" title="Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1560)">Jaffna</a> (1560)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1568)" title="Siege of Malacca (1568)">Malacca</a> (1568)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1569)" title="Battle of Aceh (1569)">Aceh</a> (1569)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_the_Indies#The_Siege_of_Goa" title="War of the League of the Indies">Goa</a> (1570–1571)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_the_Indies#The_Siege_of_Chaul" title="War of the League of the Indies">Chaul</a> (1571)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chaliyam" title="Siege of Chaliyam">Chale</a> (1571)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1573)" title="Siege of Malacca (1573)">Malacca</a> (1573)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1574)" title="Siege of Malacca (1574)">Malacca</a> (1574)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1575)" title="Siege of Malacca (1575)">Malacca</a> (1575)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1581)" title="Capture of Muscat (1581)">Muscat</a> (1581)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Daman_(1581)" title="Siege of Daman (1581)">Daman</a> (1581)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leitao_Coast" title="Battle of Leitao Coast">Leitao Coast</a> (1586)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Johor_(1586)" title="Battle of Johor (1586)">Johor</a> (1586)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Johor_(1587)" title="Siege of Johor (1587)">Johor</a> (1587)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom_(1591)" title="Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1591)">Jaffna</a> (1591)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kottakkal" title="Siege of Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a> (1599–1600)</li></ul> <dl><dt>17th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bantam" title="Battle of Bantam">Bantam</a> (1601)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_conquest_of_Bahrain" title="Safavid conquest of Bahrain">Bahrain</a> (1602)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aceh_expedition_(1606)" title="Aceh expedition (1606)">Aceh</a> (1606)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1606)" title="Siege of Malacca (1606)">Malacca</a> (1606)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Rachado" title="Battle of Cape Rachado">Cape Rachado</a> (1606)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Swally" title="Battle of Swally">Swally</a> (1612)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_commerce_raiding_against_Portugal_(1612%E2%80%931613)" title="Kandyan commerce raiding against Portugal (1612–1613)">Gulf of Mannar</a> (1612–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Cambar%C3%A3o" title="Capture of Cambarão">Cambarão</a> (1614)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Formoso_River" title="Battle of Formoso River">Formoso River</a> (1615)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna</a> (1619)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Qeshm" title="Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm">Qeshm</a> (1621–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Hormuz" title="Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz">Hormuz</a> (1622)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Hormuz_(1625)" title="Battle off Hormuz (1625)">Hormuz</a> (1625)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_1_February_1625" title="Action of 1 February 1625">Persian Gulf</a> (1625)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Langat_River" title="Battle of Langat River">Langat River</a> (1628)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Duyon_River" title="Battle of Duyon River">Duyon River</a> (1629)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jambi" title="Battle of Jambi">Jambi</a> (1630)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Hooghly" title="Siege of Hooghly">Hooghly</a> (1632)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Julfar" title="Capture of Julfar">Julfar</a> (1633)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sohar_(1633%E2%80%931643)" title="Siege of Sohar (1633–1643)">Sohar</a> (1633–1643)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Goa_(1638)" title="Battle of Goa (1638)">Goa</a> (1638)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Daman_(1638%E2%80%931639)" title="Siege of Daman (1638–1639)">Daman</a> (1638–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_30_September_1639" title="Action of 30 September 1639">Mormugão</a> (1639)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1641)" title="Siege of Malacca (1641)">Malacca</a> (1641)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1650)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of Muscat (1650)">Muscat</a> (1650)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_23_March_1654" title="Action of 23 March 1654">Colombo</a> (1654)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_2_May_1654" title="Action of 2 May 1654">Colombo</a> (1654)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Daman_(1694)" title="Battle of Daman (1694)">Daman</a> (1694)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mombasa_(1696%E2%80%931698)" title="Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)">Mombasa</a> (1696–98)</li></ul> <dl><dt>18th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Surat_(1704)" title="Battle of Surat (1704)">Surat</a> (1704)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Calicut_(1752)" title="Battle of Calicut (1752)">Calicut</a> (1752)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese colonial campaigns</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Ceuta" title="Portuguese conquest of Ceuta">Morocco (1415)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ceuta_(1419)" title="Siege of Ceuta (1419)">Morocco (1419)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tangier_(1437)" title="Battle of Tangier (1437)">Morocco (1437)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Portuguese conquest of Ksar es-Seghir">Morocco (1458)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tangier_(1463%E2%80%931464)" title="Siege of Tangier (1463–1464)">Morocco (1463–64)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anfa_expedition_(1468)" title="Anfa expedition (1468)">Morocco (1468)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Asilah" title="Conquest of Asilah">Morocco (1471)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Tangier" title="Portuguese conquest of Tangier">Morocco (1471)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guinea" title="Battle of Guinea">Guinea (1478)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaouia_expedition" title="Chaouia expedition">Morocco (1487)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Graciosa_(1489)" title="Siege of Graciosa (1489)">Morocco (1489)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Targa_expedition_(1490)" title="Targa expedition (1490)">Morocco (1490)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>16th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Luso-Malabarese_War" title="First Luso-Malabarese War">India (1500–1513)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir_(1501)" title="Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501)">Algeria (1501)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pandarane" title="Battle of Pandarane">India (1504)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mombasa_(1505)" title="Battle of Mombasa (1505)">East Africa (1505)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamluk%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts" title="Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts">Indian Ocean (1505–17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Anjadiva_(1506)" title="Siege of Anjadiva (1506)">India (1506)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cannanore" title="Battle of Cannanore">India (1506)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Barawa" title="Battle of Barawa">East Africa (1507)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cannanore_(1507)" title="Siege of Cannanore (1507)">India (1507)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Socotra" title="Battle of Socotra">Socotra (1507)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1507)" title="Capture of Muscat (1507)">Arabia (1507)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Hormuz" title="Portuguese conquest of Hormuz">Persian Gulf (1507–15)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dabul" title="Battle of Dabul">India (1508)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diu" title="Battle of Diu">India (1509)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Goa" title="Portuguese conquest of Goa">India (1510)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Malacca_(1511)" title="Capture of Malacca (1511)">Malaysia (1511)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Azemmour" title="Battle of Azemmour">Morocco (1513)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tednest" title="Battle of Tednest">Morocco (1514)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alcaides" title="Battle of the Alcaides">Morocco (1514)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_of_Marrakesh_(1515)" title="Raid of Marrakesh (1515)">Morocco (1515)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mamora_(1515)" title="Battle of Mamora (1515)">Morocco (1515)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_expedition_to_Doukkala_(1516)" title="Portuguese expedition to Doukkala (1516)">Morocco (1516)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zeila" title="Battle of Zeila">East Africa (1517)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Goa_(1517)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Goa (1517)">Goa (1517)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pago" title="Battle of Pago">Malaysia (1520)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts" title="Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts">Sri Lanka (1520–1658)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1521)" title="Battle of Aceh (1521)">Sumatra (1521)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_Bahrain" title="Portuguese invasion of Bahrain">Bahrain (1521)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Bintan_(1521)" title="Attack on Bintan (1521)">Insulindia (1521)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tunmen" title="Battle of Tunmen">China (1521)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedir_expedition_(1522)" title="Pedir expedition (1522)">Sumatra (1522)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ash-Shihr_(1523)" title="Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)">Arabia (1523)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Muar_River" title="Battle of Muar River">Malaysia (1523)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acehnese_conquest_of_Pasai" title="Acehnese conquest of Pasai">Sumatra (1523–24)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lingga" title="Battle of Lingga">Insulindia (1525)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bintan" title="Siege of Bintan">Insulindia (1526)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Calicut_(1526)" title="Siege of Calicut (1526)">India (1526)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Sunda_Kelapa" title="Conquest of Sunda Kelapa">Java (1527)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1528)" title="Battle of Aceh (1528)">Sumatra (1528)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mombasa_(1528)" title="Battle of Mombasa (1528)">East Africa (1528)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bahrain_(1529)" title="Siege of Bahrain (1529)">Persian Gulf (1529)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternatean%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts" title="Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts">Moluccas (1530–1607)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1531)" title="Siege of Diu (1531)">India (1531)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Agadir_(1533)" title="Siege of Agadir (1533)">Morocco (1533)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Reishahr" title="Battle of Reishahr">Persian Gulf (1534)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Malacca_(1534)" title="Battle of Malacca (1534)">Malaysia (1534)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1535)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1535)">Tunis (1535)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ugentana" title="Battle of Ugentana">Malaysia (1535)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ugentana_(1536)" title="Battle of Ugentana (1536)">Malaysia (1536)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tidore" title="Battle of Tidore">Moluccas (1536)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iguape_War" title="Iguape War">Brazil (1534–1536)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Beadala_(1538)" title="Battle of Beadala (1538)">India (1538)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1538)" title="Siege of Diu (1538)">India (1538)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts_(1538%E2%80%931560)" title="Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)">Indian Ocean (1538–60)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suakin_(1541)" title="Battle of Suakin (1541)">Red Sea (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Jeddah_(1541)" title="Attack on Jeddah (1541)">Red Sea (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Tor" title="Battle of El Tor">Red Sea (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suez_(1541)" title="Battle of Suez (1541)">Red Sea (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Massawa_(1541)" title="Battle of Massawa (1541)">Ethiopia (1541)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian%E2%80%93Adal_War" title="Ethiopian–Adal War">Ethiopia (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Benadir" title="Battle of Benadir">East Africa (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ba%C3%A7ente" title="Battle of Baçente">Ethiopia (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jarte" title="Battle of Jarte">Ethiopia (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hill_of_the_Jews" title="Battle of the Hill of the Jews">Ethiopia (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wofla" title="Battle of Wofla">Ethiopia (1542)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wayna_Daga" title="Battle of Wayna Daga">Ethiopia (1543)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Campar_(1543)" title="Siege of Campar (1543)">Malaysia (1543)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Jailolo" title="Attack on Jailolo">Insulindia (1545)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1546)" title="Siege of Diu (1546)">India (1546)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bharuch" title="Battle of Bharuch">India (1547)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Perlis_River" title="Battle of Perlis River">Malaysia (1547)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Arabia (1548)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_al-Shihr_(1548)" title="Battle of al-Shihr (1548)">Arabia (1548)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jailolo_(1550)" title="Siege of Jailolo (1550)">Jailolo (1550)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Qatif_(1551)" title="Siege of Qatif (1551)">Persian Gulf (1551)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1551)" title="Siege of Malacca (1551)">Malaysia (1551)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_campaign_against_Hormuz" title="Ottoman campaign against Hormuz">Arabia (1552–54)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Oman" title="Battle of the Gulf of Oman">Gulf of Oman (1554)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Thatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Sack of Thatta">Pakistan (1557)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kotte_(1557%E2%80%931558)" title="Siege of Kotte (1557–1558)">Sri Lanka (1557–58)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1558)" title="Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1558)">Brazil (1558)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Daman" title="Portuguese conquest of Daman">India (1559)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom_(1560)" title="Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1560)">Jaffna (1560)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Moji" title="Siege of Moji">Japan (1561)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Coast_(1562)" title="Battle of Cape Coast (1562)">Gold Coast (1562)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mazagan_(1562)" title="Siege of Mazagan (1562)">Morocco (1562)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera">Morocco (1564)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fukuda_Bay" title="Battle of Fukuda Bay">Japan (1565)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1567)" title="Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567)">Brazil (1567)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1568)" title="Siege of Malacca (1568)">Malacca (1568)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martim_Afonso_de_Sousa%27s_expedition_to_Brazil" title="Martim Afonso de Sousa's expedition to Brazil">Brazil (1569-73)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aceh_(1569)" title="Battle of Aceh (1569)">Sumatra (1569)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gambia_River_(1570)" title="Battle of the Gambia River (1570)">Gambia (1570)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Goa_(1570%E2%80%931571)" title="Siege of Goa (1570–1571)">Goa (1570–1571)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chaul_(1570%E2%80%931571)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Chaul (1570–1571)">Chaul (1570–1571)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Honavar_(1571)" title="Siege of Honavar (1571)"> Honavar (1571)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mangalore_(1571)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Mangalore (1571)"> Mangalore (1571)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chaliyam" title="Siege of Chaliyam">Chale (1571)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_the_Indies" title="War of the League of the Indies">India (1570–75)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1573)" title="Siege of Malacca (1573)">Malaysia (1573)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1574)" title="Siege of Malacca (1574)">Malaysia (1574)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1575)" title="Siege of Malacca (1575)">Malaysia (1575)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alc%C3%A1cer_Quibir" title="Battle of Alcácer Quibir">Morocco (1578)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Anzele" title="Siege of Anzele">Angola (1580)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Daman_(1581)" title="Siege of Daman (1581)">India (1581)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1581)" title="Capture of Muscat (1581)">Arabia (1581)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talandongo" title="Battle of Talandongo">Angola (1583)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Portuguese_conflicts_(1586%E2%80%931589)" title="Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)">Indian Ocean (1586–89)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leitao_Coast" title="Battle of Leitao Coast">Persian Gulf (1586)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Johor_(1586)" title="Battle of Johor (1586)">Malaysia (1586)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Johor_(1587)" title="Siege of Johor (1587)">Malaysia (1587)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Colombo_(1587%E2%80%931588)" title="Siege of Colombo (1587–1588)">Sri Lanka (1587–88)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mombasa_(1589)" title="Battle of Mombasa (1589)">Mombasa (1589)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portudal%E2%80%93Joal_Massacre" title="Portudal–Joal Massacre">Senegal (1589)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_invasion_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom_(1591)" title="Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1591)">Jaffna (1591)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kottakkal" title="Siege of Kottakkal">India (1599–1600)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>17th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bantam" title="Battle of Bantam">Java (1601)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aceh_expedition_(1606)" title="Aceh expedition (1606)">Sumatra (1606)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1606)" title="Siege of Malacca (1606)">Malaysia (1606)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Rachado" title="Battle of Cape Rachado">Malaysia (1606)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Seal_Ship_incident_(1609)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Seal Ship incident (1609)">China (1609)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Swally" title="Battle of Swally">India (1612)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_Maranh%C3%A3o" title="Portuguese conquest of Maranhão">Brazil (1612–1615)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Cambar%C3%A3o" title="Capture of Cambarão">Persian Gulf (1614)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Formoso_River" title="Battle of Formoso River">Malaysia (1615)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_attack_on_the_Catherine_(1618)" title="Portuguese attack on the Catherine (1618)">Gambia (1618)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna (1619)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roland_Crapp%C3%A9%27s_raids_on_Portuguese_colonies" title="Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese colonies">Coromandel Coast (1619)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Qeshm" title="Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm">Persian Gulf (1621–22)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Koneswaram_Temple" title="Conquest of Koneswaram Temple">Trincomalee (1622)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Hormuz" title="Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz">Persian Gulf (1622)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Macau" title="Battle of Macau">China (1622)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mbumbi" title="Battle of Mbumbi">Angola (1622)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mbanda_Kasi" title="Battle of Mbanda Kasi">Angola (1623)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Bahia" title="Capture of Bahia">Brazil (1624)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filips_van_Zuylen%27s_campaign_agaisnt_Luanda" title="Filips van Zuylen's campaign agaisnt Luanda">Angola (1624)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_1_February_1625" title="Action of 1 February 1625">Persian Gulf (1625)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recapture_of_Bahia" title="Recapture of Bahia">Brazil (1625)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elmina_(1625)" title="Battle of Elmina (1625)">Gold Coast (1625)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Langat_River" title="Battle of Langat River">Malaysia (1628)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Duyon_River" title="Battle of Duyon River">Malacca (1629)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Flensborg" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinking of the Flensborg">Cape of Good Hope (1630)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Recife_(1630)" title="Siege of Recife (1630)">Brazil (1630)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jambi" title="Battle of Jambi">Jambi (1630)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abrolhos" title="Battle of Abrolhos">Brazil (1631)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_ibn_al-Hasan#Portuguese_expedition_to_Mombasa_1632" title="Yusuf ibn al-Hasan">East Africa (1632)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Hooghly" title="Siege of Hooghly">Bengal (1632)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Julfar" title="Capture of Julfar">Arabia (1633)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Sohar" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of Sohar">Arabia (1633–43)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mata_Redonda" title="Battle of Mata Redonda">Brazil (1636)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elmina_(1637)" title="Battle of Elmina (1637)">Gold Coast (1637)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Goa_(1638)" title="Battle of Goa (1638)">India (1638)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Salvador_(1638)" title="Siege of Salvador (1638)">Brazil (1638)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Daman_(1638%E2%80%931639)" title="Siege of Daman (1638–1639)">India (1638–39)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_30_September_1639" title="Action of 30 September 1639">India (1639)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_12%E2%80%9317_January_1640" title="Action of 12–17 January 1640">Brazil (1640)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazagan_Ambush_(1640)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazagan Ambush (1640)">Morocco (1640)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malacca_(1641)" title="Siege of Malacca (1641)">Malaysia (1640–41)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recapture_of_Angola" title="Recapture of Angola">Angola (1641–48)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mboror%C3%A9" title="Battle of Mbororé">Brazil (1641)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dano-Carical_Conflict" title="Dano-Carical Conflict">India (1644–45)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabocas" title="Battle of Tabocas">Brazil (1645)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Casa_Forte" title="Battle of Casa Forte">Brazil (1645)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kombi" title="Battle of Kombi">Angola (1647)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Guararapes" title="First Battle of Guararapes">Brazil (1648)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Guararapes" title="Second Battle of Guararapes">Brazil (1649)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1650)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of Muscat (1650)">Arabia (1650)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recapture_of_Recife_(1652%E2%80%931654)" title="Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)">Brazil (1652–54)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_23_March_1654" title="Action of 23 March 1654">1st Sri Lanka (1654)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_2_May_1654" title="Action of 2 May 1654">2nd Sri Lanka (1654)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mannar_(1658)" title="Battle of Mannar (1658)">Mannar (1658)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Malabar" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Malabar">Malabar (1658–63)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marg%C3%A3o_(1659)" title="Battle of Margão (1659)">Margão (1659)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mbwila" title="Battle of Mbwila">Angola (1665)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conjuration_of_Our_Father" title="Conjuration of Our Father">Brazil (1666)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mbidizi_River" title="Battle of Mbidizi River">Angola (1670)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kitombo" title="Battle of Kitombo">Angola (1670)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pungo_Andongo" title="Battle of Pungo Andongo">Angola (1671)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Katole" title="Battle of Katole">Angola (1681)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_of_Bassein_(1693)" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign of Bassein (1693)">India (1693)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mombasa_(1696%E2%80%931698)" title="Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)">East Africa (1696–98)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>18th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Surat_(1704)" title="Battle of Surat (1704)">India (1704)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1710)" title="Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710)">Brazil (1710)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Battle of Rio de Janeiro">Brazil (1711)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinda_Expedition" title="Cabinda Expedition">Angola (1723)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maratha%E2%80%93Portuguese_War_(1729%E2%80%931732)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha–Portuguese War (1729–1732)">India (1729–32)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Portuguese_War_(1735%E2%80%931737)" title="Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737)">Banda Oriental (1735–37)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Alorna" title="Siege of Alorna">India (1746)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tiracol" title="Siege of Tiracol">India (1746)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Calicut_(1752)" title="Battle of Calicut (1752)">India (1752)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_War" title="Guaraní War">Brazil (1756)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_War" title="Fantastic War">Brazil (1762–63)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Cevallos_expedition" title="First Cevallos expedition">Banda Oriental and Rio Grande do Sul (1762–63)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Mazagan_(1769)" title="Siege of Mazagan (1769)">Morocco (1769)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese%E2%80%93Ovimbundu_War" title="Portuguese–Ovimbundu War">Angola (1774–1778)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Portuguese_War_(1776%E2%80%931777)" title="Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)">Banda Oriental (1776–77)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>19th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_French_Guiana" title="Portuguese conquest of French Guiana">French Guiana (1809)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Tiger%27s_Mouth" title="Battle of the Tiger's Mouth">China (1809–10)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Banda_Oriental" title="Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental">Banda Oriental (1816–20)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_War_of_Independence" title="Brazilian War of Independence">Brazil (1821–25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Faiti%C3%B5es" title="Revolt of the Faitiões">China (1846)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal-Angoche_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugal-Angoche conflict">Mozambique (1847–1910)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passale%C3%A3o_incident" title="Passaleão incident">China (1849)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marracuene" title="Battle of Marracuene">Mozambique (1895)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Coolela" title="Battle of Coolela">Mozambique (1895)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>20th century</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailundo_revolt" title="Bailundo revolt">Angola (1902–04)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mufilo" title="Battle of Mufilo">Angola (1907)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timorese_rebellion_of_1911%E2%80%931912" title="East Timorese rebellion of 1911–1912">East Timor (1911–12)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_campaign_in_Angola" title="German campaign in Angola">Angola (1914–15)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolongongo_War" title="Kolongongo War"> Angola (1914–1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_African_campaign_(World_War_I)" title="East African campaign (World War I)">Mozambique (1917–18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barue_uprising" title="Barue uprising">Mozambique (1917-18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Timor" title="Battle of Timor">Timor (1942–43)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" title="Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli">India (1954)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Goa" title="Annexation of Goa">India (1961)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Colonial_War" title="Portuguese Colonial War">Africa (1961–74)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_War_of_Independence" title="Angolan War of Independence">Angola (1961–74)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_War_of_Independence" title="Guinea-Bissau War of Independence">Guinea-Bissau (1963–74)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambican_War_of_Independence" title="Mozambican War of Independence">Mozambique (1964–74)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Ottoman–Portuguese_conflicts_(1538–1560)" style="margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:1em;;padding:3px"><table 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Tor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suez_(1541)" title="Battle of Suez (1541)">Suez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Jeddah_(1541)" title="Attack on Jeddah (1541)">Jeddah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jarte" title="Battle of Jarte">Jarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wofla" title="Battle of Wofla">Wofla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wayna_Daga" title="Battle of Wayna Daga">Wayna Daga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1546)" title="Siege of Diu (1546)">2nd Diu</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sefer_Reis#Battle_of_Bab_el-Mandeb" title="Sefer Reis">Bab el Mandeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Qatif_(1551)" title="Siege of Qatif (1551)">Qatif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_campaign_against_Hormuz" title="Ottoman campaign against Hormuz">Ottoman campaign against Hormuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1552)" title="Capture of Muscat (1552)">Muscat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Hormuz_(1552)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Hormuz (1552)"> Hormuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bay_of_Velez" title="Battle of the Bay of Velez">Velez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Strait_of_Hormuz_(1553)" title="Battle of the Strait of Hormuz (1553)">Strait of Hormuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Oman" title="Battle of the Gulf of Oman">Oman Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_at_Diu" class="mw-redirect" title="Action at Diu">3rd Diu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Mocha" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack on Mocha">Mocha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bahrain" title="Siege of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kamaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Kamaran">Kamaran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>capture of Aden of 1548</b> was accomplished when <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a> under <a href="/wiki/Piri_Reis" title="Piri Reis">Piri Reis</a> managed to take the harbour of <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a> from the Portuguese on 26 February 1548.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Aden_(1548)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannon_of_Suleyman_founded_by_Mohammed_ibn_Hamza_in_1530_1531_for_a_Turkish_invasion_of_India_taken_in_the_capture_of_Aden_in_1839_by_Cap_H_Smith_of_HMS_Volage_with_inscriptions.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Cannon_of_Suleyman_founded_by_Mohammed_ibn_Hamza_in_1530_1531_for_a_Turkish_invasion_of_India_taken_in_the_capture_of_Aden_in_1839_by_Cap_H_Smith_of_HMS_Volage_with_inscriptions.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Cannon_of_Suleyman_founded_by_Mohammed_ibn_Hamza_in_1530_1531_for_a_Turkish_invasion_of_India_taken_in_the_capture_of_Aden_in_1839_by_Cap_H_Smith_of_HMS_Volage_with_inscriptions.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Cannon_of_Suleyman_founded_by_Mohammed_ibn_Hamza_in_1530_1531_for_a_Turkish_invasion_of_India_taken_in_the_capture_of_Aden_in_1839_by_Cap_H_Smith_of_HMS_Volage_with_inscriptions.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3538" data-file-height="1967" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> cannon of <a href="/wiki/Hadim_Suleiman_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadim Suleiman Pasha">Hadim Suleiman Pasha</a> founded by Mohammed ibn Hamza in 1530–31 for an Ottoman invasion of India. Taken in the <a href="/wiki/Aden_Expedition" title="Aden Expedition">capture of Aden</a> in 1839 by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Henry Smith (Royal Navy officer)">Henry Smith</a> of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Volage_(1825)" title="HMS Volage (1825)">HMS <i>Volage</i></a> to <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Aden had already been captured by the Ottomans for <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Suleiman the Magnificent</a> in 1538 by <a href="/wiki/Hadim_Suleiman_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hadim Suleiman Pasha">Hadim Suleiman Pasha</a>, in order to provide an Ottoman base for raids against Portuguese possessions on the western coast of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kour_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sailing on to India, the Ottomans failed against the Portuguese at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1538)" title="Siege of Diu (1538)">Siege of Diu</a> in September 1538, but then returned to Aden where they fortified the city with 100 pieces of artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-Kour_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From this base, Sulayman Pasha managed to take control of the whole country of Yemen, also taking <a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kour_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kour-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1547, Aden arose against the Ottomans however and invited the Portuguese instead, so that the Portuguese were in control of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Battle">The Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Aden_(1548)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ali bin Suleyman al-Tawlaki who was a local chieftain fought the Ottoman navy of 60 ships of various sizes which arrived on 15 November 1547 until he died, then he was succeeded by his son, Mohammed, who kept resisting until a small Portuguese fleet of 3 ships arrived on 19 January 1548. However, the Portuguese were forced to retreat to <a href="/wiki/Zeila" title="Zeila">Zeila</a>, where 120 sailors were captured, and their ships were burned. Eventually, the Ottomans managed to win and the city was captured by <a href="/wiki/Piri_Reis" title="Piri Reis">Piri Reis</a> on 26 February 1548.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Aden_(1548)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Piri Reis would continue with successes against the Portuguese with the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1552)" title="Capture of Muscat (1552)">capture of Muscat (1552)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Special:BookSources/9780521291637"><bdi>9780521291637</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+Ottoman+Empire+and+modern+Turkey&rft.pages=106-107&rft.date=1976-10-29&rft.isbn=9780521291637&rft.au=Ezel+Kural+Shaw&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUVmsI0P9RDUC%26pg%3DPA107&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACapture+of+Aden+%281548%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kour-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kour_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kour_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kour_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KrsmNygcbNgC&pg=PA2"><i>The history of Aden, 1839-72</i> by Zaka Hanna Kour p. 2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHalil_İnalcik1997" class="citation book cs1">Halil İnalcik (May 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ovg_RQlklU4C&pg=PA326"><i>An economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire</i></a>. p. 326. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521574563" title="Special:BookSources/9780521574563"><bdi>9780521574563</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+economic+and+social+history+of+the+Ottoman+Empire&rft.pages=326&rft.date=1997-05&rft.isbn=9780521574563&rft.au=Halil+%C4%B0nalcik&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOvg_RQlklU4C%26pg%3DPA326&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACapture+of+Aden+%281548%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">R. B. Serjeant, The Portuguese off the South Arabian Coast, Hadrami Chronicles, Oxford, 1963, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFErtuğrul_Önalp2013" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Ertuğrul Önalp (12 December 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131212065805/http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/73454/DocLib21/Piri%20Reis'in%20Hurmuz%20Seferi.pdf">"Pîrî Reis'in Hürmüz Seferi ve İdamı Hakkındaki Türk ve Portekiz Tarihçilerinin Düşünceleri"</a> [The Military Expedition of Piri Reis to Hormuz and the Considerations of Turkish and Portuguese Historians About his Execution] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Turkish). p. 5. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/73454/DocLib21/Piri%20Reis'in%20Hurmuz%20Seferi.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 12 December 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=P%C3%AEr%C3%AE+Reis%27in+H%C3%BCrm%C3%BCz+Seferi+ve+%C4%B0dam%C4%B1+Hakk%C4%B1ndaki+T%C3%BCrk+ve+Portekiz+Tarih%C3%A7ilerinin+D%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnceleri&rft.pages=5&rft.date=2013-12-12&rft.au=Ertu%C4%9Frul+%C3%96nalp&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffaculty.ksu.edu.sa%2F73454%2FDocLib21%2FPiri%2520Reis%27in%2520Hurmuz%2520Seferi.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACapture+of+Aden+%281548%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" 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href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nicaea_(1328%E2%80%931331)" title="Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331)">Nicaea</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1333–1337</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nicomedia" title="Siege of Nicomedia">Nicomedia</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1360s</span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_Adrianople" title="Ottoman conquest of Adrianople">Adrianople</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1385</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sofia" title="Siege of Sofia">Sofia</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1393</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tarnovo" title="Siege of Tarnovo">Tarnovo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1394–1402</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1394%E2%80%931402)" title="Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402)">Constantinople</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">15th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1411</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1411)" title="Siege of Constantinople (1411)">Constantinople</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1422</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)" title="Siege of Constantinople (1422)">Constantinople</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1422–1430</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Thessalonica_(1422%E2%80%931430)" title="Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)">Thessalonica</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1428</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Golubac" title="Siege of Golubac">Golubac</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1440</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1440)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1440)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1440–41</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Novo_Brdo_(1440%E2%80%9341)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41)">Novo Brdo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1448</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Svetigrad_(1448)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Svetigrad (1448)">Svetigrad</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1450</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1450)" title="Siege of Krujë (1450)">Krujë</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1453</span> <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" title="Fall of Constantinople">Constantinople</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1455</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Berat_(1455)" title="Siege of Berat (1455)">Berat</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1456</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1456)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1456)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1461</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Trebizond_(1461)" title="Siege of Trebizond (1461)">Trebizond</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1462</span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_Lesbos" title="Ottoman conquest of Lesbos">Mytilene</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1463</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jajce" title="Siege of Jajce">Jajce</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1464</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jajce_(1464)" title="Siege of Jajce (1464)">Jajce</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1466–67</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1466%E2%80%931467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1466–1467)">Krujë</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1467</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1467)" title="Siege of Krujë (1467)">Krujë</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1470</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Negroponte_(1470)" title="Siege of Negroponte (1470)">Negroponte</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1474</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra_(1474)" title="Siege of Shkodra (1474)">Scutari</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1477–78</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kruj%C3%AB_(1478)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Krujë (1478)">Krujë</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1478–79</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Shkodra" title="Siege of Shkodra">Scutari</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1480</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1480)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1480)">Rhodes</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1481</span> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_invasion_of_Otranto" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman invasion of Otranto">Otranto</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1484</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chilia_(1484)" title="Siege of Chilia (1484)">Chilia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">16th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1500</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Castle_of_Saint_George" title="Siege of the Castle of Saint George">Cephalonia</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1517</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Cairo_(1517)" title="Capture of Cairo (1517)">Cairo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1521</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1521)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1521)">Belgrade</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1522</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Knin" title="Siege of Knin">Knin</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1522</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1522)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1522)">Rhodes</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1529</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_of_Algiers_(1529)" title="Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)">Peñón of Algiers</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1529</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Vienna_(1529)" title="Siege of Vienna (1529)">Vienna</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1531</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1531)" title="Siege of Diu (1531)">Diu</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1532</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_K%C5%91szeg" title="Siege of Kőszeg">Güns (Kőszeg)</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1532</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Maribor_(1532)" title="Siege of Maribor (1532)">Maribor</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1533–34</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Coron_(1533%E2%80%931534)" title="Siege of Coron (1533–1534)">Coron</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1534</span> <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1534)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1534)">Tunis</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1534</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Baghdad_(1534)" title="Capture of Baghdad (1534)">Baghdad</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1537</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Klis" title="Siege of Klis">Klis</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1537</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Corfu_(1537)" title="Siege of Corfu (1537)">Corfu</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1538</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Diu_(1538)" title="Siege of Diu (1538)">Diu</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1539</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Castelnuovo" title="Siege of Castelnuovo">Castelnuovo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1541</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Buda_(1541)" title="Siege of Buda (1541)">Buda</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1543</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nice" title="Siege of Nice">Nice</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1543</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Esztergom_(1543)" title="Siege of Esztergom (1543)">Esztergom</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1548</span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aden</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1548</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Van_(1548)" title="Siege of Van (1548)">Van</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1551</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tripoli_(1551)" title="Siege of Tripoli (1551)">Tripoli</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1552</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Muscat_(1552)" title="Capture of Muscat (1552)">Muscat</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1552</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_campaign_against_Hormuz" title="Ottoman campaign against Hormuz">Hormuz</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1552</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Temesv%C3%A1r_(1552)" title="Siege of Temesvár (1552)">Temesvár</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1552</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Eger_(1552)" title="Siege of Eger (1552)">Eger</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1556</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Oran_(1556)" title="Siege of Oran (1556)">Oran</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1559</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bahrain" title="Siege of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1563</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Sieges_of_Oran_and_Mers_El_K%C3%A9bir" title="Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir">Oran</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1565</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta" title="Great Siege of Malta">Malta</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1566</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Szigetv%C3%A1r" title="Siege of Szigetvár">Szigetvar</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1570–71</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Famagusta" title="Siege of Famagusta">Famagusta</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1574</span> <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Tunis_(1574)" title="Conquest of Tunis (1574)">Tunis</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1578</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Gvozdansko" title="Siege of Gvozdansko">Gvozdansko</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1592</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Biha%C4%87_(1592)" title="Siege of Bihać (1592)">Bihać</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1593</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sisak" title="Battle of Sisak">Sisak</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1596</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Eger_(1596)" title="Siege of Eger (1596)">Eger</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">17th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1601</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nagykanizsa" title="Siege of Nagykanizsa">Nagykanizsa</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1621</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khotyn_(1621)" title="Battle of Khotyn (1621)">Khotyn</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1638</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Baghdad_(1638)" title="Capture of Baghdad (1638)">Baghdad</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1663</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_%C3%89rsek%C3%BAjv%C3%A1r_(1663)" title="Siege of Érsekújvár (1663)">Uyvar</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1664</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Novi_Zrin_(1664)" title="Siege of Novi Zrin (1664)">Novi Zrin</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1648–1669</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Candia" title="Siege of Candia">Candia</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1672</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kamenets" title="Siege of Kamenets">Kamenets</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1683</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna" title="Battle of Vienna">Vienna</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1684</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Buda_(1684)" title="Siege of Buda (1684)">Buda</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1684</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Santa_Maura_(1684)" title="Siege of Santa Maura (1684)">Santa Maura</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1685</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_%C3%89rsek%C3%BAjv%C3%A1r_(1685)" title="Siege of Érsekújvár (1685)">Érsekújvár</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1686</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Buda_(1686)" title="Siege of Buda (1686)">Buda</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1686</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_P%C3%A9cs" title="Siege of Pécs">Pécs</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1688</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Negroponte_(1688)" title="Siege of Negroponte (1688)">Negroponte</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1688</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1688)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1688)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1690</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1690)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1690)">Belgrade</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1695</span> <a href="/wiki/Azov_campaigns_(1695%E2%80%9396)#The_first_Azov_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Azov campaigns (1695–96)">Azov</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1696</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Azov_campaigns_(1695%E2%80%9396)#The_first_Azov_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Azov campaigns (1695–96)">Azov</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1711</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Pruth_River_Campaign#Siege_of_Brăila" title="Pruth River Campaign">Brăila</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1715</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Nauplia_(1715)" title="Siege of Nauplia (1715)">Nauplia</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1716</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Corfu_(1716)" title="Siege of Corfu (1716)">Corfu</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1716</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Teme%C5%9Fvar_(1716)" title="Siege of Temeşvar (1716)">Temeşvar</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1717</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1717)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1717)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1733</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad_(1733)" title="Siege of Baghdad (1733)">Baghdad</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1734–35</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ganja_(1734)" title="Siege of Ganja (1734)">Ganja</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1737</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ochakov_(1737)" title="Siege of Ochakov (1737)">Ochakov</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1739</span> <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Belgrade_(1739)" title="Capture of Belgrade (1739)">Belgrade</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1788</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ochakov_(1788)" title="Siege of Ochakov (1788)">Ochakov</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1788</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Khotin_(1788)" title="Siege of Khotin (1788)">Khotin</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1789</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1789)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1789)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1789–90</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Izmail" title="Siege of Izmail">Izmail</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1799</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_El_Arish" title="Siege of El Arish">El Arish</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1799</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Jaffa" title="Siege of Jaffa">Jaffa</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1799</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Acre_(1799)" title="Siege of Acre (1799)">Acre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1801</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cairo" title="Siege of Cairo">Cairo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1806</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1806)" title="Siege of Belgrade (1806)">Belgrade</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1821</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Patras_(1821)" title="Siege of Patras (1821)">Patras</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1821–22</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Acropolis_(1821%E2%80%9322)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of the Acropolis (1821–22)">Acropolis</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1821</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tripolitsa" title="Siege of Tripolitsa">Tripolitsa</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1822</span> <i><a href="/wiki/First_Siege_of_Missolonghi" class="mw-redirect" title="First Siege of Missolonghi">Missolonghi</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1823</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Second_Siege_of_Missolonghi" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Siege of Missolonghi">Missolonghi</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1825–26</span> <a href="/wiki/Third_Siege_of_Missolonghi" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Siege of Missolonghi">Missolonghi</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1826–27</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Acropolis_(1826%E2%80%9327)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of the Acropolis (1826–27)">Acropolis</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1828</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kars_(1828)" title="Siege of Kars (1828)">Kars</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1828</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Varna" title="Siege of Varna">Varna</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1854</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Calafat" title="Siege of Calafat">Calafat</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1854</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Silistra" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Silistra">Silistra</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1854–55</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1854%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)">Sevastopol</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1855</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kars" title="Siege of Kars">Kars</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1877</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Plevna" title="Siege of Plevna">Plevna</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">1912–13</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Scutari_(1912%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Scutari (1912–13)">Scutari</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1912–13</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Adrianople_(1912%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Adrianople (1912–13)">Adrianople</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1915</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Van_(1915)" title="Defense of Van (1915)">Van</a></i></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1915–16</span> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kut" title="Siege of Kut">Kut</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">1916–1919</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Medina" title="Siege of Medina">Medina</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Ottoman defeats shown in <i>italics</i>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style 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