23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E / 23.60861°N 58.59194°E
| Capture of Muscat | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman campaign against Hormuz and Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Piris_Reis_expedition_map-en.svg) Map of the Ottoman campaign against Hormuz. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Portugal_(1521).svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Fictitious_Ottoman_flag_2.svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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João de Lisboa |
Piri Reis Seydi Ali Reis | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 60 troops[1] |
25 galleys 1,200 troops[1] (4 galleons 25 galleys 850 troops[2]) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Oman_adm_location_map.svg)  Capture of Muscat (1552) Location within Oman | |||||||
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The capture of Muscat occurred in 1552, when an Ottoman fleet under Piri Reis attacked Old Muscat, in modern Oman, and plundered the town from the Portuguese.[3] These events followed the important Ottoman defeat in the third siege of Diu in 1546, which put a stop to their attempts in India, but also the successful capture of Aden in 1548, which allowed the Ottomans to resist the Portuguese in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean.[2]
- ^ a b Décadas da Ásia, Década Sexta, Livro X, Capítulo 1 by Diogo do Couto
- ^ a b Maritime India-Trade, Religion and Polity In the Indian Ocean by Pius Malekandathil p.117
- ^ Saturnino Monteiro (1992) Portuguese Sea Battles Volume III - From Brazil to Japan 1539-1579 pp.129140