Capture of Muscat (1552)

Capture of Muscat
	Part of the Ottoman campaign against Hormuz; and Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)
	; Map of the Ottoman campaign against Hormuz.
Date	August 1552
Location	Muscat, Oman23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E / 23.608611°N 58.591944°E
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
João de Lisboa	Piri Reis; Seydi Ali Reis
Strength
60 troops	25 galleys; 1,200 troops ; (4 galleons; 25 galleys; 850 troops)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	Capture of Muscat (1552) class=notpageimage\| Location within Oman

23°36′31″N 58°35′31″E / 23.60861°N 58.59194°E / 23.60861; 58.59194

The capture of Muscat occurred in 1552, when an Ottoman fleet under Piri Reis attacked Old Muscat, in modern Oman, and plundered the town from the Portuguese.^[3] These events followed the important Ottoman defeat in the third siege of Diu in 1546, which put a stop to their attempts in India, but also the successful capture of Aden in 1548, which allowed the Ottomans to resist the Portuguese in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Décadas da Ásia, Década Sexta, Livro X, Capítulo 1 by Diogo do Couto
^ ^a ^b Maritime India-Trade, Religion and Polity In the Indian Ocean by Pius Malekandathil p.117
^ Saturnino Monteiro (1992) Portuguese Sea Battles Volume III - From Brazil to Japan 1539-1579 pp.129140

[Diogo_do_Couto-1] Décadas da Ásia, Década Sexta, Livro X, Capítulo 1 by Diogo do Couto

[Malekandathil_117-2] Maritime India-Trade, Religion and Polity In the Indian Ocean by Pius Malekandathil p.117

[3] Saturnino Monteiro (1992) Portuguese Sea Battles Volume III - From Brazil to Japan 1539-1579 pp.129140

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