Battle of Socotra

Battle of Socotra
	Part of Portuguese Battles in the East
	; Çacotoraa in a 16th century Portuguese sketch by João de Castro
Date	1507
Location	Suq, Socotra
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Mahra Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Tristão da Cunha ; Afonso de Albuquerque	Sheikh Ibrahim †
Strength
400 men; 14 ships	130 men
Casualties and losses
Few	Heavy

The Battle of Socotra was a military engagement that took place on Socotra Island in 1507, and which resulted in the occupation of the Island by the Portuguese Empire.

^ The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume IV, British India, H. H. Dodwell, Cambridge University Press, pp. 8-9.
^ José Pereira da Costa: "Socotorá e o Domínio Português no Oriente" in Revista da Universidade de Coimbra volume XXIII, Coimbra, 1973, pp. 6-21

[dodwell-1] The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume IV, British India, H. H. Dodwell, Cambridge University Press, pp. 8-9.

[2] José Pereira da Costa: "Socotorá e o Domínio Português no Oriente" in Revista da Universidade de Coimbra volume XXIII, Coimbra, 1973, pp. 6-21

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