Battle of Bintan | |||||||
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Part of Malay-Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire |
Sultanate of Bintan Sultanate of Pahang | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mahmud Shah of Bintan Mahmud Shah I of Pahang Unrecorded allied ruler[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 galleon 3 carracks 2 caravels 1 galley 1 half-galley 5 light-galleys 2 armed batels 600 Portuguese soldiers 300 Malay auxiliaries Unrecorded number of sailors and combat slaves |
30,000 men[2] 20 oarships[3] Sultan of Pahang: 30 oarships[4] 2,000 men[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Few | Unknown |
The siege of Bintan of 1526 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, assaulted and destroyed the city of Bintan (Bintão, in Portuguese), capital of the former Sultan of Malacca Mahmud Shah.