Siege of Anjadiva (1506)

Fort Anjediva, Anjediva Island

Portuguese battles
in the Indian Ocean

Portuguese colonial campaigns

Portuguese colonial campaigns

15th century

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The siege of Anjadiva in 1-16 March 1506 occurred when the Muslim ruler of Goa fought to expel the Portuguese from the Fort Anjediva they had established there.^[1] Adil Shah of Bijapur was the invader. This, combined with other reasons, forced the Portuguese to leave the settlement.^[1]

See also

Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts

Notes

1 2 The New Cambridge Modern History: The Reformation, 1520-1559 Geoffrey Rudolph Elton p.662

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