Battle of the Gulf of Oman 1554
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1554 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Nearest landmass | At sea (nearest continent: Asia) | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560 | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Ottoman Empire, Portuguese Empire | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 25.0000, 58.0000 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Dom Fernando de Meneses and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Seydi Ali Reis. The campaign was a catastrophic failure for the Ottomans who lost all of their ships. Seydi Ali Reis later wrote that the engagement was "worse than any he had lived through under Barbarossa".
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- Siege of Bahrain 1559
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