Battle of Chaul

Battle of Chaul (1508)
Part of Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts

Portuguese ships, 16th century
DateMarch 1508
Location
Chaul, India
Result Mamluk-Gujarati victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Mamluk Sultanate
Gujarat Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Lourenço de Almeida † Amir Husain Al-Kurdi
Malik Ayyaz
Mayimama Marakkar †[1]
Strength
3 ships and 5 caravels[2] 6 Egyptian carracks and 6 great galleys, 1500 combatants[3]
40 Gujarat Sultanate galleys
Casualties and losses
6 ships[2]
140 men		 600–700[4]

The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cannanore in which a Portuguese garrison successfully resisted an attack by Southern Indian rulers. This was the first Portuguese defeat at sea in the Indian Ocean.[2]

  1. ^ Rise of Portuguese Power in India, 1497-1550 R.S. Whiteway p. 93
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Padfield was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415–1580 by Bailey Wallys Diffie p.232 [1]
  4. ^ "Conquerors; How Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the first Global Empire" by Roger Crowley p.219