Battle of Socotra

Battle of Socotra
Part of Portuguese Battles in the East

Çacotoraa in a 16th century Portuguese sketch by João de Castro
Date1507
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Mahra Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Tristão da Cunha
Afonso de Albuquerque
Sheikh Ibrahim 
Strength
400 men
14 ships[1]
130 men[2]
Casualties and losses
Few Heavy

The Battle of Socotra was a military engagement that took place on Socotra Island in 1507, and which resulted in the occupation of the Island by the Portuguese Empire.

  1. ^ The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume IV, British India, H. H. Dodwell, Cambridge University Press, pp. 8-9.
  2. ^ José Pereira da Costa: "Socotorá e o Domínio Português no Oriente" in Revista da Universidade de Coimbra volume XXIII, Coimbra, 1973, pp. 6-21