About: Capture of Muscat (1552)   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/krD_GSPHhNL2IejCI7diCQ==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The Ottomans attempted to intervene against the Portuguese presence, and four Ottoman ships bombarded the city in 1546. The city would again be attacked by the Ottomans in 1552 with a larger fleet under Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis. The ultimate objective was to seize the islands of Hormuz and Bahrain, in order to block Portuguese access to the Persian Gulf and thus reestablish Ottoman control of the Indian Ocean Trade. Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys would be taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while he was trying to bring back his float from Basra to Suez in August 1554.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Capture of Muscat (1552)
rdfs:comment
  • The Ottomans attempted to intervene against the Portuguese presence, and four Ottoman ships bombarded the city in 1546. The city would again be attacked by the Ottomans in 1552 with a larger fleet under Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis. The ultimate objective was to seize the islands of Hormuz and Bahrain, in order to block Portuguese access to the Persian Gulf and thus reestablish Ottoman control of the Indian Ocean Trade. Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys would be taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while he was trying to bring back his float from Basra to Suez in August 1554.
sameAs
Strength
  • 25(xsd:integer)
  • 60(xsd:integer)
  • 1200(xsd:integer)
  • unknown
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
Date
  • August 1552
Commander
map size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • Map of the Ottoman campaign against Hormuz.
Casualties
  • unknown
Result
  • Ottoman victory
combatant
  • 25(xsd:integer)
Latitude
  • 23(xsd:double)
map type
  • Oman
Place
  • Muscat
Longitude
  • 58(xsd:double)
Conflict
  • Capture of Muscat
map label
  • Capture of Muscat
abstract
  • The Ottomans attempted to intervene against the Portuguese presence, and four Ottoman ships bombarded the city in 1546. The city would again be attacked by the Ottomans in 1552 with a larger fleet under Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis. The ultimate objective was to seize the islands of Hormuz and Bahrain, in order to block Portuguese access to the Persian Gulf and thus reestablish Ottoman control of the Indian Ocean Trade. The Ottoman force consisted in 4 galleons, 25 galleys, and 850 troops (according to Diogo do Couto, the Ottomans had 15 galleys and 1200 troops ). The recently built Fort Al-Mirani was besieged for 18 days with one piece of Ottoman artillery brought on top of a ridge. Lacking food and water, the 60 Portuguese garrison and its commander, João de Lisboa, agreed to surrender, only to be taken as captives. The fort was captured and its fortifications destroyed. Soon however the Ottomans departed. Ultimately, they managed to occupy and control the coasts of Yemen, Aden and Arabia, as far north as Basra, so as to facilitate their trade with India. The Ottoman again attacked the Portuguese possessions of the coast of India in 1553, with a raid on the Pearl Fishery Coast of South India around Tuticorin. They were assisted by the Marakkar Muslims of Malabar, and had the tacit agreement of Vittula Nayak of Madurai. 52 Portuguese were captured at Punnaikayal, and churches burnt down. The Ottomans failed however in 1553 against a Portuguese fleet at sea near al-Fahl. Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys would be taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while he was trying to bring back his float from Basra to Suez in August 1554. Three Ottoman galleys would again occupy Muscat in 1581, and let the population escape, before the city again fell into Portuguese hands.
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software