Regional1500

Battle of Calicut

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India

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Calicut (1500), part of the Early Portuguese Colonial Wars in Asia. Portugal defeated Calicut, Muslims. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents3

Portugal
Calicut
Muslims

ON THE MAPKingdom of Portugal

Conflict graph

PART OFPortuguese colonial wars in Asia

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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