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Ottoman campaign against Hormuz
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The Ottoman campaign against Hormuz took place in 1552–1554. An Ottoman fleet led by Admiral Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis was dispatched from the Ottoman harbour of Suez to eliminate the Portuguese presence from the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, and especially their fortress at Hormuz Island.
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Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
![]() ![]() Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while trying to bring back his fleet from Basra to Suez in August 1554. | |||||||
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4 galleons 25 galleys 850 troops |
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