Expedition to Kamaran
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| Expedition to Kamaran | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
 Portuguese depiction of kamaran island | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portuguese Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Selman Reis Husayn al-Rumi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 4,000 men | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Expedition to Kamaran in 1523 was an Ottoman expedition opposing the occupation of the Kamaran Island by the Portuguese. The Portuguese forces were destroyed and expelled from the Island by Selman Reis and Husayn al Rumi.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 1523 under the orders of Kanuni, Captain Selman Reis went on an expedition in the Red Sea.[2] During this expedition Selman Reis discovered that the Kamaran Island was occupied by the Portuguese,[1][4]The Portuguese used their base to raid the coast of Arabia,[4] Salman Reis and Husayn al Rumi had an Ottoman force composed of 4,000 men. After their arrival in Yemen, the Ottomans attacked the Portuguese which resulted in the complete destruction and expulsion of Portuguese forces and the occupation of the island by the Ottomans.[1][2][3][6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shah, Azmat Ali. "OTTOMAN DOMINATION IN THE ARAB LAND AND IT’S EFFECTS ON MUSLIM INDIA." p.11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Öztuna, Yılmaz. Kanuni Sultan Süleyman. Turkey: Kültür Bakanlığı, 1989.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Öztuna, Yılmaz. Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Turkey: Ötüken Yayınevi, 1977.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Qutb ad-Dīn an-Nahrawālī. 1511-1582. al-Barq al-Yamānī fī al-fatḥ al-ʿUṯmānī. p .39 [1]
- ↑ Gábor Ágoston, The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe, p. 229 [2]
- ↑ Sind University Research Journal: Arts series. Humanities & social sciences, Vol 9[3]
- ↑ Gerald De Gaury, Rulers of Mecca, p. 126 [4]
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