Siege of Aden | |||||||
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Assault on Aden in 1513, by Gaspar Correia | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tahirid Sultanate | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Afonso de Albuquerque | Amîr Morjan[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20 ships 1,700 Portuguese 800 Malabar natives | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
100 or 200 killed.[2] |
50 killed.[3] 39 pieces of ordnance captured |
The siege of Aden occurred when the Portuguese Governor of India, Afonso de Albuquerque, launched an unsuccessful expedition to capture Aden on 26 March 1513.