Third siege of Diu | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
![]() A battle between the Portuguese Armada and Turkish soldiers on horseback in Goa, western India | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire |
Gujarat Sultanate Ottoman Empire[1][2] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
João de Mascarenhas João de Castro | Khoja Zufar † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
18 May: 440 men[3] 19 July: reinforcements consisting of 20 fustas and 6 caturs with men arrived[3] On 7 November, Governor Castro arrived with 35 fustas, caturs, 3 galeons, naus and gales, with 3,000 Portuguese and 300 Indian men[4] |
10,000 men[5] 30 Ottoman ships[6] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
More than 200[7] |
3,000 killed 600 prisoners[8] | ||||||
Location of Diu in present-day India |
The third siege of Diu was a siege of the Portuguese Indian city of Diu by the Ottoman Empire and Gujarat Sultanate in 1546. It ended with a major Portuguese victory.