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Ottoman campaign against Hormuz information


Ottoman campaign against Hormuz
(1552–1554)
Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)


Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while trying to bring back his fleet from Basra to Suez in August 1554.
Date1552–1554
Location
Persian Gulf
Result Ottoman victory[1][2]
Belligerents

Portuguese Empire

  • Kingdom of Hormus
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dom Afonso de Noronha
Dom Diogo de Noronha
Piri Reis
Seydi Ali Reis
Strength
unknown 4 galleons
25 galleys
850 troops

The Ottoman campaign against Hormuz took place in 1552–1554. An Ottoman fleet led by Admiral Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis was dispatched from the Ottoman harbour of Suez to eliminate the Portuguese presence from the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, and especially their fortress at Hormuz Island.

  1. ^ Mikaberidze 2011, p. 722.
  2. ^ Kunt & Woodhead 1995, pp. 63–64.

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