Siege of Daman (1581)

Siege of Daman 1581
Part of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts
Date1581
Location
Daman, India
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal Portuguese Empire Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Martim Afonso de Melo Qutub ud-Din Khan
Caliche Mahamed
Strength
1000 men[1] 15,000 men[2]

The siege of Daman in 1581 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces and those of the Shah of Gujarat in the city of Daman, in India. A Mughal army engaged the Portuguese in an attempt to set up a siege, but was forced to withdraw.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference couto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kaushik Roy: Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500BCE to 1740CE, Routledge, 2015, p. 225.