Battle of Chaul

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The Battle of Chaul was a 1508 naval engagement off the Indian west coast in which a Portuguese fleet was defeated by a Mamluk-led coalition, helping trigger subsequent Portuguese retaliation and consolidation of power in the Indian Ocean.

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Battle of Chaul canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
belligerent Calicut (Zamorin of Calicut) ⓘ
linked to: Zamorin of Calicut

Gujarat Sultanate ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
causeOf Portuguese retaliation in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
combatantSide Mamluk-led coalition fleet ⓘ
Portuguese fleet ⓘ
commander Amir Husain Al-Kurdi ⓘ
Lourenço de Almeida ⓘ
Mirocem (Mir Hussein) ⓘ
conflict Portuguese–Mamluk naval war ⓘ
conflictType naval engagement ⓘ
countryInvolved Kingdom of Calicut ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Sultanate of Gujarat ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat Sultanate
date 1508 ⓘ
deathOf Lourenço de Almeida ⓘ
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
followedBy Battle of Diu (1509) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Diu
hasParticipant Gujaratis ⓘ
linked to: Gujarati people

Mamluk navy ⓘ
linked to: Bahri Mamluks

Portuguese navy ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Navy

forces of Calicut ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 16th century ⓘ
location Arabian Sea ⓘ
Chaul ⓘ
west coast of India ⓘ
objective control of Indian Ocean spice trade routes ⓘ
opposingForceStrength Mamluk-led coalition fleet stronger than Portuguese fleet ⓘ
partOf Portuguese expansion into the Indian Ocean ⓘ
Portuguese–Mamluk conflict in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Diu ⓘ
Portuguese India ⓘ
Portuguese–Egyptian conflicts over Red Sea and Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
result Mamluk-led coalition victory ⓘ
Portuguese defeat ⓘ
significance contributed to Portuguese consolidation of power in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
first major defeat of a Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
strategicConsequence encouraged Portugal to build a stronger naval presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
escalation of hostilities between Portugal and regional Muslim powers ⓘ
theatre Arabian Sea trade routes ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
year 1508 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francisco de Almeida → notableBattle → Battle of Chaul ⓘ
Portuguese–Mamluk naval war → hasPart → Battle of Chaul ⓘ