1559 siege
| Siege of Bahrain 1559 | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
 Portuguese fortress of Bahrain, modern-day. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dom António de Noronha Álvaro da Silveira † Morad Shah | Mustafa Pasha | ||||||
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400 Persian mercenaries about 1,000 Portuguese 1 war-caravel 30 light-galleys |
800–1,200 Turks 2 galleys, 70 transports | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
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Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean | |
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The siege of Bahrain of 1559 occurred when forces of the Ottoman Empire, commanded by the governor of the Lahsa eyalet Mustafa Pasha, attempted to seize Bahrain, and thus wrest control of the island and its famed pearl trade from the Portuguese Empire. The siege was unsuccessful, and the Portuguese defeated the Turks when reinforcements were dispatched by sea from the fortress of Hormuz.