Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)
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title:
Battle of Ash-Shihr (1523)
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The Battle of Ash-Shihr was an attack launched by the Portuguese navy in 1523 on the city of Ash-Shihr which was a part of the Kathiri Sultanate. In Thursday, February 28, 1523, the Portuguese governor of India, Dom Duarte de Meneses, dispatched his brother, Dom Luís de Meneses, to the Red Sea with a force of 6 galleons. Dom Luís was tasked with delivering an ambassador to the Christian Emperor of Ethiopia and hunting hostile Muslim trade ships sailing between the Indian Ocean and Jeddah. Along
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1523 Portuguese-Kathiri engagement
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ash-Shihr_(1523)
date created:
2024-02-22T11:07:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T12:16:17Z
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