Battle of Chaul
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The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cannanore in which a Portuguese garrison successfully resisted an attack by Southern Indian rulers. This was the first Portuguese defeat at sea in the Indian Ocean.[2]
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Battle of Chaul (1508) | |||||||
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Part of Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
Portuguese ships, 16th century | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Portuguese Empire |
Mamluk Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate Calicut | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lourenço de Almeida † |
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi Malik Ayyaz Mayimama Marakkar †[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3 ships and 5 caravels[2] |
6 Egyptian carracks and 6 great galleys, 1500 combatants[3] 40 Gujarat Sultanate galleys | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 ships[2] 140 men | 600-700[4] |
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