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.[14]
Shortly before the siege they encountered roughly 800 enemy soldiers at Siyâl Bet island[a], engaged them in combat, and killed them all.[15] There were 9[16] or 17 Portuguese killed and 120 wounded.[17] They then sailed for Diu, but the Muslim alliance defeated them and killed 14.[18]
Although Diu was successfully defended, victory was short-lived: Diu was blockaded and the Portuguese armada was diverted towards more exposed Gujarati cities.[19] 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.[20][21][12]
In 1534, Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat signed a peace treaty with Governor Nuno da Cunha, granting the Portuguese the territory of Bassein, including Bombay. In 1535, the Portuguese were allowed to construct a fortress at Diu.
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Notes
- ^[a] Gujarati name for jackal island, one of three islands near Diu, João de Barros calls it Ilha de Bet.
References
- ^ Denvers, 1894, p.402
- ^ Denvers, 1894, p.402
- ^ Monteiro, Saturnino (1991). Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa – Volume II: 1522–1538. Livraria Sá da Costa Editora. p. 207.
- ^ a b Monteiro 1991, p. 207.
- ^ Monteiro 1991, p. 220,221.
- ^ J. Gerson Da Cunha: The Origin of Bombay, Asian Educational Services, 1993, p.77.
- ^ a b Denvers, 1894, p.400.
- ^ Correia, Gaspar (1858). Lendas da Índia. Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. p. 390.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Correia 1858, p. 390.
- ^ Gaspar Correia (1495-1561). Lendas da Índia 1858 edition, Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, p. 392
- ^ a b c d e f g Correia 1858, p. 392.
- ^ a b c Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 13, Government Central Press, 1882, p.451
- ^ Monteiro, 1991, pp.205-209.
- ^ Guns for the sultan: military power and the weapons industry in the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, page 194, 2005
- ^ Monteiro (1991), p.205
- ^ Frederick Charles Denvers: The Portuguese in India, W.H. Allen & Company, 1894, p. 401.
- ^ Monteiro (1991), p.205
- ^ Monteiro, 1991, p.209
- ^ Denvers, 1894, p.403.
- ^ Pearson, Michael Naylor (1976). Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat: The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century. University of California Press, pg. 76
- ^ Denvers 1894, p.402-404
