| Battle of Suez | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
| File:Attack of suez 1541.png three Portuguese ships bombard walls of Suez, 1541[1] | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portuguese Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Estevao da Gama | Davud Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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80 ships 2,300 men | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Suez occurred in 1541 and was a failed attack by the Portuguese against the Ottomans.[2][3]
In 1541 the Portuguese fleet under the command of the Portuguese admiral Estevao da Gama penetrated into the Red Sea.[4] The Portuguese fleet consisted of 80 ships and 2,300 soldiers.[2] The aim was to attack Suez but the attack was a failure as the heavy defence as well as the opposition of Davud Pasha and the Turkish artillery forced the Portuguese to retreat.[3][2][5][4]
References[]
- ↑ The Ottoman Age of Exploration, Giancarlo Casale, page 71, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Özbaran, Salih. Portekizli seyyahlar: İran, Türkiye, Irak, Suriye ve Mısır yollarında. Turkey: Kitap Yayınevi, 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orhonlu, Cengiz. Osmanlı imparatorluğun̓un güney siyaseti Habeş eyaleti. Turkey: Edebiyat Fakültesi Matbaası, 1974.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Peacock, A. C. S. "The Ottoman Empire and the Indian Ocean." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. 2018.
- ↑ Türk dünyası araştırmaları. Turkey: Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, 2003.
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