Siege of Malacca 1551 | |||||||
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Part of Malay–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
![]() Portuguese Malacca 1550–1564 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Sultanate of Johor Sultanate of Jepara Sultanate of Perak Sultanate of Pahang | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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.