Regional1505 – 1650 · 145 years

Portuguese Conquest of Mozambique

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Mozambique · East Africa

Estimated casualties

300Ksingle estimate · no range published

Portuguese forces conquered Mozambique from Arab traders and Swahili states, establishing Portuguese control of the southeastern African coast. Portuguese rule lasted until the 20th century.

Belligerents3

Portugal
Swahili States
Arab traders

ON THE MAPKingdom of Portugal

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Portuguese Conquest of Mozambique (1505 – 1650). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/portuguese-expansion-mozambique · Sources & methodology