Battle of Aceh (1521)

Battle of Aceh (1521)
Part of Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts
Date June 1521 Location Banda Aceh, Sumatra Result Acehnese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Sultanate of Aceh
Commanders and leaders
Jorge de Brito †	Ali Mughayat Syah
Strength
200 men 6 ships	800–1,000 men 6 elephants
Casualties and losses
60 or 70 killed	3 or 4 cannons captured

The Battle of Aceh was a military engagement between the rising Sultanate of Aceh and the expeditionary Portuguese force in the northern Sumatran city of Aceh in which the Portuguese were defeated and their leader killed.