Portuguese–Mamluk naval war

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The Portuguese–Mamluk naval war was an early 16th-century conflict in the Indian Ocean between the Portuguese Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate (often with local allies) over control of the spice trade and key maritime routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
naval war ⓘ
combatType blockade operations ⓘ
commerce raiding ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
conflictBelligerent Calicut ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
Sultanate of Gujarat ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat Sultanate

Venetian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Venice
conflictCause Portuguese attempt to bypass traditional Red Sea and Levantine trade routes ⓘ
control of maritime routes between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean ⓘ
control of the spice trade ⓘ
endTime 1517 ⓘ
followedBy Portuguese–Ottoman conflicts in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Chaul ⓘ
Battle of Diu (1509) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Diu

Portuguese attack on Jeddah (1517) ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective disrupting Mamluk and Venetian spice revenues ⓘ
protecting Portuguese sea route around the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ
securing Portuguese control of the pepper trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 16th century ⓘ
location Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Oman ⓘ
coasts of Arabia ⓘ
coasts of India ⓘ
mainTheater Arabian Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
opponentOf Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
participant Afonso de Albuquerque ⓘ
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi ⓘ
Francisco de Almeida ⓘ
Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri ⓘ
Venetian merchants ⓘ
relatedTo Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Portuguese expansion in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
result Portuguese dominance of key Indian Ocean trade routes ⓘ
Portuguese victory ⓘ
decline of Mamluk influence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
weakening of Red Sea spice route ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Chaul ⓘ
Battle of Diu (1509) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Diu

Portuguese expedition to the Red Sea ⓘ
startTime 1505 ⓘ

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Afonso de Albuquerque → participantIn → Portuguese–Mamluk naval war ⓘ
Francisco de Almeida → conflict → Portuguese–Mamluk naval war in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese–Mamluk naval war
Battle of Diu → conflict → Portuguese–Mamluk naval war ⓘ
Battle of Chaul → conflict → Portuguese–Mamluk naval war ⓘ
Battle of Chaul → partOf → Portuguese–Mamluk conflict in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese–Mamluk naval war