Battle of Bharuch

Battle of Bharuch
Part of Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts

Broach in an English engraving
Date1547
Location
Bharuch, India
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Gujarat
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Portugal Jorge de Meneses Baroche Mahmud Shah III
Strength
600 men.[1]
10 oarships.[1]		 5000 cavalry.[2]
Casualties and losses
Few Heavy

The Battle of Bharuch was a night-time attack of Portuguese forces under the command of Jorge de Meneses Baroche against the city of Bharuch, belonging to the Sultanate of Gujarat, in India. The Portuguese were victorious.

  1. ^ a b Frederick Charles Danvers: The Portuguese in India volume I, A.D. 1481-1571, .H. Allen & Company, limited, 1894, pp. 478-479.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference machado was invoked but never defined (see the help page).