16th c. military engagement
| Attack on Bintan | |||||||
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| Part of Malay-Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Portugal_(1495).svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire | Sultanate of Bintan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Jorge de Albuquerque Antonio de Brito | Mahmud Shah | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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600 men 18 vessels | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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20 men killed several wounded one brigantine lost | Unknown | ||||||
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The Attack on Bintan in 1521 was an engagement between the Malaccans and the Portuguese who attacked the island in order to destroy Mahmud Shah of Malacca's base in Bintan, however, the attack was successfully fended off.