Siege of Malacca (1551)

Siege of Malacca 1551
Part of Malay–Portuguese conflicts

Portuguese Malacca 1550–1564
DateJune–September 1551
Location
Malacca, Malay Peninsula
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Johor
Sultanate of Jepara
Sultanate of Perak
Sultanate of Pahang
Commanders and leaders
Dom Pedro da Silva
Dom Garcia de Meneses †		 Alauddin Riayat Shah II of Johor
Laksamana †
Zainal Abidin Shah of Pahang
Mansur Shah I of Perak
Ratu Kalinyamat of Jepara
Strength
400 Portuguese soldiers[1]
Malay auxiliaries		 150 Malay lancharas[1]
6,000 Malays[1]
40 Javanese junks[1]
4,000 Javanese[1]
Casualties and losses
Over 200 dead among soldiers and civilians[2] Over 2,000 dead[2]

The siege of Malacca of 1551 was a military engagement that took place in the Malay Peninsula, between the Portuguese Empire and the allied forces of the Sultanate of Johor, the Sultanate of Pahang, the Sultanate of Perak and the Sultanate of Jepara in Java. The Portuguese were victorious.

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