Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)

Battle of Ash-Shihr

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DateFebruary 28 – March 2, 1523 (1523-02-28 – 1523-03-02)
Location
Ash-Shihr, Kathiri Sultanate
Result Kathiri victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal Kathiri Sultanate
Commanders and leaders

Duarte de Meneses

Luís de Meneses[1]
  • Badr Abu Tuairq al-Kathiri
  • Mutran bin Mansur  †
  • Atif bin Dahdah
  • Yaqoub Al-Haridi  †
  • Salem Baaween  †
  • Hussein Al-Aidaroos  †
  • Ahmed ba-Fadl  †
  • Fadl ba-Fadl  †
  • Ahmed bin Abdullah ba-Fadl  †
Units involved
Portuguese Navy Al-Mishqas Region army
Strength
8 ships.[2]
6 galleons.[1]
400-700 soldiers[3][2]		 unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown more than 480 killed
For other uses, see Battle of al-Shihr.

The Battle of Ash-Shihr was an attack launched by the Portuguese navy in 1523 on the city of Ash-Shihr which was a part of the Kathiri Sultanate.

  1. ^ a b Saturnino Monteiro: Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa Volume II, 1522-1538, 1991, Livraria Sá da Costa Editora, p.25.
  2. ^ a b R. B. Serjeant: The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast. Hadrami Chronicles, 1974, Oxford University Press, pp. 171-172.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20221127160922/https://www.khuyut.com/blog/seven-martyrs