Portuguese conquest of Goa

Conquest of Goa
Part of Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts and Bahmani–Vijayanagar War
Map of Goa, in Linschoten's Itineraries, ca. 1590
Date November 25, 1510[1] Location Goa, Bijapur Sultanate Result Portuguese victory Territorial changes Conquest of Goa by the Portuguese
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Vijayanagara Empire	Bijapur Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Afonso Timoji	Yusuf Adil Shah Ismail Adil Shah Yusuf Gurgij (WIA) Pulad Khan Rassul Khan
Strength
First attack: 1,600 Portuguese[2] 220 Malabarese[2] 3,000 combat slaves[2] 23 ships 2,000 men of Timoji Second attack 1,680 Portuguese 34 ships[3]	First attack: over 40,000 men[1] Second attack 8–10,000 men 200 cannon[4]
Casualties and losses
First attack 200 Portuguese dead[5] Second attack 50 dead 300 wounded	First attack Unknown Second attack over 6,800 dead

The Portuguese conquest of Goa occurred when the governor Afonso de Albuquerque captured the city in 1510 from the Sultanate of Bijapur. Old Goa became the capital of Portuguese India, which included territories such as Fort Manuel of Cochin, Bom Bahia, Damaon, and Chaul. It was not among the places Albuquerque was supposed to conquer. He did so after he was offered the support and guidance of Timoji and his troops.

Albuquerque had been given orders by Manuel I of Portugal to capture Ormus, Aden, and Malacca only. Goa would remain under Portuguese control until 1961.^[6]