Battle of Perlis River

Battle of Perlis River
	Part of Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts
	; Francis Xavier at Malacca inspiring Portuguese soldiers to fight the Acehnese. 1619 painting by André Reinoso.
Date	6 December 1547
Location	Perlis River
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Aceh Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dom Francisco de Eça	Bayaya Soora
Strength
9 light galleys; 230 Portuguese soldiers	5,380 men; 60 vessels
Casualties and losses
29 dead 147 wounded	4,000 men killed, captured, dead or missing; 45 vessels captured, 10 sunk

The Battle of Perlis River was an armed engagement that took place in 1547 in the Perlis River between a Portuguese fleet and a fleet of the Sultanate of Aceh. The Portuguese achieved "a complete victory" over the Acehnese fleet, which was almost completely destroyed.^[3]

^ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volumes 19-20, 1941, p. 192.
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[1] Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volumes 19-20, 1941, p. 192.

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