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Major conflict1509 – 1570 · 61 years

Portuguese-Ottoman Conflicts in Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean · Arabia · Persia · East Africa

Estimated casualties

300Ksingle estimate · no range published

Portuguese naval forces competed with Ottoman and Arab powers for control of Indian Ocean trade routes, establishing Portuguese naval dominance. Though eventually challenged by other European powers, Portugal maintained regional influence for centuries.

Belligerents4

  • Portugal
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Arab states

ON THE MAPKingdom of PortugalOttoman EmpireMamluk Sultanate

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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39.00°N · 35.00°E · 1509 – 1570WARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / PORTUGUESE-OTTOMAN-CONFLICT-INDIAN-OCEAN

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