Battle of al-Shihr (1548)

Battle of al-Shihr
	; a map shows Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate
Date	April 7, 1548
Location	Al-Shihr
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Mahra Sultanate	Kathiri Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dom Álvaro de Castro; Sa'd bin Afrar	Unknown
Strength
200 Portuguese soldiers ; 22 light-galleys	80 men
Casualties and losses
40 dead	All killed

The battle of al-Shihr was a military confrontation in 1548 between the Portuguese alongside Sa'd bin Afrar, the ruler of Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate who had captured al-Mahrah from Sa'd The Portuguese successfully captured the fort near al-Shihr from the Kathiris.^[7]

^ Albuquerque, 1972, p.13
^ Armando da Silva Saturnino Monteiro: Portuguese Sea Battles, volume II: Christianity, Commerce and Corso, 1522-1538, 2010, p. 110
^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 110
^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 111
^ Robert Bertram Serjeant: The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast, Clarendon Press, 1963, p.109.
^ Monteiro, 2010, p. 111
^ "When Melodies Gather: The Mahra, the Āl Kathīr, and the Portuguese (1495 CE - 1548 CE)". When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[1] Albuquerque, 1972, p.13

[2] Armando da Silva Saturnino Monteiro: Portuguese Sea Battles, volume II: Christianity, Commerce and Corso, 1522-1538, 2010, p. 110

[3] Monteiro, 2010, p. 110

[4] Monteiro, 2010, p. 111

[5] Robert Bertram Serjeant: The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast, Clarendon Press, 1963, p.109.

[6] Monteiro, 2010, p. 111

[7] "When Melodies Gather: The Mahra, the Āl Kathīr, and the Portuguese (1495 CE - 1548 CE)". When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

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