Battle of al-Shihr (1548)

Battle of al-Shihr

a map shows Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate
DateApril 7, 1548[1]
Location
Al-Shihr
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire
Mahra Sultanate		 Kathiri Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dom Álvaro de Castro
Sa'd bin Afrar		 Unknown
Strength
200 Portuguese soldiers[2]
22 light-galleys		 80 men[3]
Casualties and losses
40 dead[4][5] All killed[6]

The battle of al-Shihr was a military confrontation in 1548 between the Portuguese alongside Sa'd bin Afrar, the ruler of Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate who had captured al-Mahrah from Sa'd. The Portuguese successfully captured the fort near al-Shihr from the Kathiris.[7]

  1. ^ Albuquerque, 1972, p.13
  2. ^ Armando da Silva Saturnino Monteiro: Portuguese Sea Battles, volume II: Christianity, Commerce and Corso, 1522-1538, 2010, p. 110
  3. ^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 110
  4. ^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 111
  5. ^ Robert Bertram Serjeant: The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast, Clarendon Press, 1963, p.109.
  6. ^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 111
  7. ^ "When Melodies Gather: The Mahra, the Āl Kathīr, and the Portuguese (1495 CE - 1548 CE)". When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra. Retrieved 2019-06-23.