Siege of Diu (1546)

Third siege of Diu
	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
Date	20 April – 10 November 1546; (6 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Diu, Portuguese India20°43′N 70°59′E / 20.71°N 70.98°E
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Gujarat Sultanate; Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
João de Mascarenhas; João de Castro	Khoja Zufar †
Strength
18 May: 440 men 19 July: reinforcements consisting of 20 fustas and 6 caturs with men arrived On 7 November, Governor Castro arrived with 35 fustas, caturs, 3 galeons, naus and gales, with 3,000 Portuguese and 300 Indian men	10,000 men; 30 Ottoman ships
Casualties and losses
More than 200	3,000 killed; 600 prisoners
	class=notpageimage\| 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.

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