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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts
| image = This map (with modern hand coloring) from Philip Baldaeus's work.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Late 16th century illustration of Portuguese Goa
| partof = [[Portuguese presence in Asia]]
| date = 1 March 1506–1659 <br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|year1=1506|year2=1659}})
| place = [[Deccan]], [[India]]
| territory = Establishment of Portuguese Goa
| result = {{crossref|printworthy=y|See [[#Aftermath|Aftermath]] section}}
| combatant1 = {{plainlist |
*{{flag|Portuguese Empire|1521}}
*'''Supported by:'''
*[[Vijayanagara Empire]]
}}
| combatant2 = {{plainlist |
*[[Sultanate of Bijapur]]
*'''Supported by:'''
*[[Calicut (kingdom)|Kingdom of Calicut]]
*[[Sultanate of Ahmadnagar]]
*Kingdom of Gerusoppa
*{{flagicon|Dutch East India Company|size=22px}} [[Dutch East India Company]]
}}
| commander1 = {{plainlist |
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1495}} [[Francisco de Almeida|Dom Francisco de Almeida]]
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1495}} [[Afonso de Albuquerque]]
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1495}} Dom Guterre de Monroy
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1521}} [[Nuno da Cunha]]
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1521}} [[João de Castro|Dom João de Castro]]
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1521}} Dom Diogo de Meneses
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1521}} [[Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia|Dom Luís de Ataíde]]
*{{flagdeco|Portuguese Empire|1640}} Dom Brás de Castro
*[[Timoji|Timoji Saluva]]
}}
| commander2 = {{plainlist |
*[[Yusuf Adil Shah]]
*[[Ismail Adil Shah]]
*Pulad Khan
*Rassul Khan{{WIA}}
*[[Ibrahim Adil Shah I]]
*Ashad Khan
*[[Ali Adil Shah I]]
*[[Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur|Mohammed Adil Shah]]
*[[Ali Adil Shah II]]
}}
}}
{{Portuguese colonial campaigns}}
The '''Adil Shahi–Portuguese conflicts''' were various armed engagements that took place in India between the [[Portuguese Empire]] and the Sultanate of Bijapur, ruled by the [[Adil Shahi dynasty]], whose rulers were known to the Portuguese as ''Hidalcão''.

The Sultanate of Bijapur was one of the [[Deccan sultanates|Deccan Sultanates]]. The Portuguese first clashed with the forces of Bijapur in 1506 at the [[Siege of Anjadiva (1506)|siege of Angediva]]. The Portuguese governor of India [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] captured Goa in 1510 after its ruler was found to be harbouring mercenaries there and preparing an expedition to send against the Portuguese.

Goa became the capital of the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese State of India]] and head of all Portuguese possessions in Asia until 1961, though the Sultanate of Bijapur ceased to exist when it was conquered by the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1686.

==Background==
In 1498, the Portuguese established direct contact with India by sea after [[Vasco da Gama]] sailed around the [[Cape of Good Hope]] and reached [[Kozhikode|Calicut]]. An alliance was struck with the [[Kingdom of Cochin|Raja of Cochin]] in the [[Malabar Coast]], who was a rebellious vassal of the [[Zamorin|Zamorin of Calicut]] and [[Fort Emmanuel|fort Manuel]] was built on his territory in 1502.

At this time, southern India was divided between the mutually hostile Hindu Vijayanagara Empire and the Muslim [[Deccan sultanates|Deccan Sultanates]] in the [[Deccan Plateau]]. The [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Sultanate of Bijapur]] was created out of the Bahmani Sultanate after [[Yusuf Adil Shah]] declared independence in 1490. As a Muslim power, it was hostile to the presence of the Portuguese in India.

In 1505, [[Manuel I of Portugal|King Manuel of Portugal]] nominated [[Francisco de Almeida|Dom Francisco de Almeida]] as the first Viceroy of India. Among other things, Dom Francisco was tasked with building a fort on [[Anjediva Island|Angediva Island]], which was believed to be useful to conduct trade at safely and support Portuguese fleets operating in the region.<ref name=cunha/>

==Siege of Angediva, 1506==
{{main|Siege of Anjadiva (1506)}}

The Portuguese first clashed with the forces of Bijapur in 1506 when the lord of Goa attempted to capture the fort the viceroy [[Francisco de Almeida|Dom Francisco de Almeida]] had built on Angediva Island six months before.<ref name=cunha>J. Gerson da Cunha: "An Historical and Archeological Sketch of the Island of Angediva" in ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay'', Volume 11, Asiatic Society of Bombay, 1876, pp. 302-306.</ref> The forces of Bijapur numbered 60 sail but although they managed to land on the island in the dead of the night or by dawn they were met with an unexpected sally and repulsed.<ref name=cunha/> The fort was dismantled shortly afterwards.

==Battle of Dabul, 1509==
{{main|Battle of Dabul}}

The Portuguese conducted a punitive attack against [[Dabhol|Dabul]] in 1509 after the naval squadrons of the city harassed the armada of the viceroy Dom Francisco de Almeida en route to the [[Battle of Diu]]. In spite of fierce resistance by its defenders, the settlement was stormed, sacked and razed, with many of its inhabitants perishing.

==Portuguese conquest of Goa, 1510–1512==
{{main|Portuguese conquest of Goa}}
[[File:Retrato de Afonso de Albuquerque (após 1545) - Autor desconhecido.png|thumb|Afonso de Albuquerque, II governor of India.]]
When the governor of India [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] learnt that [[Mamluk]] mercenaries defeated at the [[Battle of Diu]] were being regrouped and refitted by [[Yusuf Adil Shah]] at Goa, he determined to occupy the strategically-located city to serve as capital of the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese State of India]]. He got the information from one of the local contacts of the Portuguese in the [[Malabar Coast]], the Hindu privateer [[Timoji|Timoja]].

The Portuguese captured Goa on the second attempt in November 25, 1510, Day of [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine]]. The forces of Bijapur besieged the city for the first time but were unable to drive the Portuguese out and withdrew at the end of a two-year conflict.

Unlike the forts built in the allied kingdoms of [[Kolathunadu|Cannanore]] and Cochin, Goa featured a hinterland which was also annexed. By capturing Goa, Albuquerque became the second European to conquer land in India, after [[Alexander the Great]].<ref>{{cite book
|first=Roger
|last=Crowley
|year=2015
|title=Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire
|page=352
|publisher=Faber & Faber
|location=London}}</ref>

==Second Siege of Goa, 1517==
In 1517, the governor of India [[Lopo Soares de Albergaria]] sailed to the [[Red Sea]] with a large armada and while he was away with the bulk of Portuguese forces, the captain of Goa Dom Guterre de Monroy raided the neighbouring lands of Bijapur. [[Ismail Adil Shah]] had just signed a peace with the neighbouring Sultan of [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmednagar]] and attempted to recover the city with an army of 20,000 to 22,000 men<ref name="castanheda">Fernão Lopes de Castanheda: ''História do Descobrimento e Conquista da Índia pelos Portugueses'', 1833 edition, Typographia Rollandiana, book IV, pp. 44-52.</ref><ref name="correia">Gaspar Correia: ''Lendas da Índia'', book II, tome II, part II, Typografia da Academia Real das Sciencias, Lisboa, 1861, pp. 514-517</ref><ref name="barros">João de Barros: ''Década Terceira Da Ásia'' book I, 1777 ed. pp. 83-84.</ref>{{bsn|date=February 2024}} The Portuguese mobilized the native Goan militia and after receiving reinforcements from Europe forced the army of Bijapur to withdraw.<ref name="castanheda"/><ref name="barros"/><ref name="correia"/>

==Occupation of Bardez, Salcete and Pondá, 1520–1524==
[[File:Codice Casanatense Foot-Soldier of Goa.jpg|thumb|Portuguese sketch of a Kanarese foot-soldier of Goa from the [[Códice Casanatense]].]]

The Portuguese occupied [[Bardez]], [[Salcete]] and [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] between 1520 and 1524 owing to a conflict between Bijapur and Vijayanagara over the [[Raichur Doab]].

In 1520 the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]] Emperor [[Krishnadevaraya]] sieged the [[Rachol Fort|Rachol fort]] in Salcete with the support of 20 Portuguese mercenaries, and although [[Ismail Adil Shah]] came to the aid of the fortress his army (which also included 40 Portuguese mercenaries) was routed in battle.<ref name=gazetteer/> The district of Rachol was captured by Krishnadevaraya and then granted to the Portuguese.<ref name=gazetteer>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=86s50Mb03hwC&pg=PA106 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency]'', volume XV, part II, Government Central Press 1883, p. 106.</ref>

A Hindu detachment of 8000 men then marched to annex the remaining districts.<ref name=saldanha33/> Lacking the men to defend it, the local Muslim governor requested that the Portuguese captain of Goa Ruy de Mello either help him repulse the attack or take over it those lands, in the hopes that he'd be able to keep its revenue.<ref name=saldanha33/> Mello occupied the districts with some cavalry and infantry and as he approached the Hindus withdrew.<ref name=saldanha33>Gabriel de Saldanha: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xetAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA33 Resumo da História de Goa]'', Typ. Rangel, 1898 p. 33.</ref>

The mainland territories were later recovered by the Adil Shah between 1523 and 1524.<ref name=bhat>N. Shyam Bhat: "Political Interaction Between Portuguese Goa and Karnataka" in Portuguese Studies Review, volume 16, no. 2, 2008, pp. 25-47.</ref> In 1523 the chief tax-collector Fernão Annes de Souto-Maior was attacked and sieged for two days at a temple in Mardol that was built like a fort, by a 5000 men force dispatched by the Adil Shah. A brief combat was struck after [[António Correia (admiral)|António Correia]] arrived to souccour Fernão Annes but although the Muslims were badly mauled the governor of India decided to quit the lands so as not to break the peace previously signed with the Adil Shah.<ref>Gabriel de Saldanha: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xetAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 Resumo da História de Goa]'', Typ. Rangel, 1898 p. 35.</ref>

==Luso-Adil Shahi conflicts 1532–1537==
The mainland districts adjacent to Goa fell under Portuguese control once more between 1532 and 1537 after the governor of Belgaum Ashad Khan lost the favor of the sultan of Bijapur and granted the territory to the Portuguese in exchange for protection.<ref name=bhat/> When Ashads relation with the Adil Shah improved, he invaded the lands he had granted to the Portuguese in an effort to recover them, though the Portuguese defeated his forces.<ref name=bhat/> The Portuguese signed a peace with Ashad Khan in 1536-1537 and returned the territory in order to focus against [[Bahadur Shah of Gujarat]].<ref name=bhat/>

==Luso-Adil Shahi War 1547–1548==
[[File:John de Castro.jpg|thumb|The viceroy of India Dom João de Castro.]]
The lands of [[Salcete]] and [[Bardez]] were ceded to the Portuguese in 1543 but invaded by the forces of the Adil Shah in 1547 after the Portuguese had provided shelter in the city to a rival claimant to the throne, [[Mallu Adil Shah]] (''Meale'' in Portuguese). The governor [[João de Castro|Dom João de Castro]] dispatched Diogo de Almeida with 300 horsemen and 400 infantry but upon approaching Colem, the 4000 men of Bijapur stationed there withdrew.<ref name=danvers477/> The Adil Shah sent a new army of 13,000 men and Almeida retreated in the face of numerical superiority, but Castro reinforced him in person with 1500 men.<ref name=danvers477/> The forces of Bijapur again withdrew, but they were pursued by the Portuguese and routed at the fort of Pondá.<ref name=danvers477>Danvers, 1894, p. 477.</ref>

On his way back to Goa from a campaign along the shores of Gujarat, Dom João de Mascarenhas attacked Dabul.<ref name=danvers479/> The lands of Salsette and Bardês where invaded once again by Calabate Khan, but the forces of Bijapur abandoned their equipment and withdrew to the mountains of Colem, when Castro marched out to meet him with 1500 horse and 4000 foot.<ref name=danvers479/> A battle took place on the mountains of Colem, Calabate Khan was killed and the forces of Bijapur retreated.<ref name=danvers479>Danvers, 1894, p. 479.</ref>

The Portuguese signed an alliance with the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijaynagara Emperor]] in September 1547 against all mutual enemies except the Sultan of Ahmadnagar, and in October 1547 signed an alliance with the Sultan of Ahmadnagar against the Sultan of Bijapur, thus isolating him.<ref name=bhat/>

Castro signalled the beginning of the year of 1548 by a campaign along the shores of Bijapur. Amphibious operations began in January two leagues to the north of Goa at the [[Chapora River]], the settlements around which were attacked and raided or burned with no quarter being given, and continued as far as River Cifardão, which marked the border between the Sultanate of Bijapur and the [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Sultanate of Ahmadnagar]], the city of [[Dabhol|Dabul]] having been sacked along the way.<ref>Danvers, 1894, p. 481-482.</ref> Castro died in office and was succeeded by [[Garcia de Sá]], who signed a peace treaty with the Adil Shah on August 22 1548 much to Portuguese advantage, according to which the Velhas Conquistas were confirmed as Portuguese property in perpetuity.<ref>Frederick Charles Danvers: ''The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1481-1571'', .H. Allen & Company, limited, 1894, pp. 484-485.</ref>

==Luso-Adil Shahi War 1555–1557==
[[File:Dom João de Castro - Roteiro de Goa a Diu - Dabul.jpg|thumb|Sketch of a Portuguese galley at the Bijapur port city of Dabul by Dom João de Castro.]]

In 1555 the Portuguese instigated a revolt in Bijapur and attempted install Meale on the throne as a puppet.<ref name=Subrahmanyam/>

The Portuguese governor of India [[Pedro Mascarenhas|Dom Pedro de Mascarenhas]] was contacted by a number of Bijapur nobles who sought his support for an impending revolt against the ruling Adil Shah.<ref name=saldanha>Gabriel de Saldanha: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xetAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81 Resumo da historia de Goa]'', Typographia Rangel, 1898, pp. 81-82.</ref> Meale received Portuguese support in exchange of a third of all captured loot and the ceding of nearly the entire coastal territories of Bijapur.<ref name=bhat/><ref name=Subrahmanyam/> Meale was crowned at Pondá and crossed the [[Western Ghats]] with an army of supporters.<ref name=bhat/><ref name=Subrahmanyam/> [[Antão de Noronha|Dom Antão de Noronha]] was dispatched to take possession of the territories, and while collecting tributes at Curale he was attacked by a force of 7000 men by the river Carlim but the forces of Bijapur were routed.<ref name=saldanha/> Meanwhile, Meale was defeated by [[Ibrahim Adil Shah I|Ibrahim Adil Shah]], who had called upon the aid of an army of Vijayanagara.<ref name=Subrahmanyam/> The Portuguese withdrew from all newly occupied territories to the Island of Goa, Bardes and Salcete.<ref name=Subrahmanyam/>

Pedro Barreto Rolim later sacked Dabul.<ref name=danvers508-509/><ref name=saldanha/> The Adil Shah then attempted to punish the Portuguese by having Bardez and Salcete invaded but this backfired as the Portuguese retaliated with vigor.<ref name=bhat/><ref name=Subrahmanyam>Sanjay Subrahmanyam: ''Three Ways to be Alien: Travails and Encounters in the Early Modern World'', Brandels University Press, 2011, pp. 57-65.</ref> The lands of Bardez were repeatedly raided by forces under the command of Morat-Khan, however they were repulsed by João Peixoto.<ref name=saldanha/><ref name=danvers508-509/> General Nazer-Melek marched through Salsete and came in sight of the [[Rachol Fort|fortress of Rachol]], from where captain Dom Pedro de Menezes o Ruivo sallied out with a number of men and skirmished favourably, but the Portuguese were ultimately forced to abandon the field.<ref name=saldanha/> Aware of this, the new governor of India [[Francisco Barreto]] marched out with 200 horsemen, 3000 Portuguese soldiers, 1000 kanarese auxiliaries and routed Nazer-Melek at Pondá.<ref name=danvers508-509/><ref name=saldanha/> Fighting continued in Salcete and the commander of Rachol Fort Dom Francisco de Mascarenhas fought with the forces of Bijapur.<ref name=danvers508-509/> Nazer Melek entrenched himself at Pondá once more, but after a number of ships arrived from Portugal with fresh reinforcements, he sued for peace and a treaty was signed shortly afterwards.<ref name=danvers508-509>Frederick Charles Danvers: ''The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1481-1571'', .H. Allen & Company, limited, 1894, pp. 508-509.</ref>

The later years of 1550s and the 1560s saw the development of unexpectedly cordial relations between Goa and Bijapur, after Ibrahim Adil Shah was succeeded by [[Ali Adil Shah I|Ali Adil Shah]], who unlike previous sultans was described by the Portuguese as "most liberal and magnanimous", and with whom the Portuguese hoped to strike an alliance against the Ottomans.<ref name=Subrahmanyam/> Portuguese focus therefore shifted to Gujarat and Ceylon.<ref name=Subrahmanyam/>

==Siege of Goa, 1570–1571==
{{main|War of the League of the Indies}}
[[File:D. Luís de Ataíde (Archaeological Survey of India, Goa).png|thumb|The Portuguese governor of India Dom Luís de Ataíde.]]
In December 1570 Goa was sieged by a large army commanded personally by Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur, who had struck a pact of alliance with the Sultan of Ahmadnagar, the Zamorin of Calicut, the Ali Raja of Cannanore, the Queen of Gerusoppa, the [[Aceh Sultanate|Sultan of Aceh]], among others to try and drive the Portuguese out of Asia.

The viceroy of India [[Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia|Dom Luís de Ataíde]] was however able to keep the naval supply lines open while the forces of Bijapur proved unable to overcome Portuguese defenses. Once the monsoon was over Portuguese naval squadrons conducted amphibious operations against the coasts of Bijapur and before long a peace was signed in December 13, 1571.

==Luso-Adil Shahi War, 1577–1578==
During the tenure of governor Dom Diogo de Meneses, a fleet was dispatched to [[Terekhol River]] to the north of Goa, where the local governor was harbouring a malabarese pirate fleet against the terms of the peace treaty.<ref name=monteiro/> As the governor refused to deliver the vessels, the local town was sacked and hostilities broke out between Goa and Bijapur once more.<ref name=monteiro/> In late 1577 about 100 Portuguese soldiers who disembarked at Dabul unaware of the war were massacred.<ref name=monteiro/>

After the Dabul incident, a powerful fleet commanded by Dom Paulo de Meneses was dispatched from Goa to conduct amphibious operations along the coasts of Bijapur in retaliation.<ref name=monteiro/> In August 1578 Dom Luís de Ataíde took over governorship for the second time and intensified Portuguese naval efforts against Bijapur.<ref name=monteiro/> A flotilla was captured in the harbour of Dabul.<ref name=monteiro>Saturnino Monteiro: ''Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa'', volume III, Livraria Sá da Costa Editora, pp. 408-417.</ref>

Ali Adil Shah meanwhile invaded the mainland districts of Bardês and Salcete once more, however in 1578 peace was signed with governor Dom Luís de Ataíde.

==Luso-Adil Shahi War, 1654–1655==
{{main|Luso-Adil Shahi War (1654–1655)}}
[[File:Saint Francis Xavier Inspiring Portuguese Troops.png|thumb|Portuguese soldiers in Asia in a 17th century painting.]]
The [[Dutch East India Company]] developed friendly ties with the Sultan of Bijapur, and encouraged him to attack the Portuguese.

Among the Court of Bijapur there was a party hostile to the Portuguese, led by the Queen Mother and Abdulla Hakim, who invaded Portuguese territory in 1654 with the backing of the Dutch, who instigated the attack.<ref name=shastry/> Between August and October 1654, the Sultan of Bijapur invaded the delta lands of Bardês and briefly put the supply of food into Goa in jeopardy.<ref>Dauril Alden: ''The Making of an Enterprise: The Society of Jesus in Portugal, Its Empire, and Beyond, 1540-1750'', Stanford University Press, 1996, p. 187-188.</ref> The forces of Bijapur were however repulsed.<ref name=shastry/> The Adil Shah admitted that he had declared war against Portugal without sufficient cause but had since ordered his captains to withdraw from Bardez and Salcete and his port to opened to commerce. Upon this explanation Dom Brás de Castro ratified anew the treaties of January 29, 1582 and April 3, 1633, on March 7, 1655.<ref>Frederick Charles Danvers: ''The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1571-1894'', W.H. Allen & Company, limited, 1894, pp. 309-310.</ref>

==Luso-Adil Shahi War, 1659==
{{main|Battle of Margão (1659)}}
Ali Adil Shah II endeavoured to retake Portuguese territory around Goa and in 1659 Abdulla Hakim invaded the [[Velhas Conquistas]].<ref name=shastry/> He was however routed by Luiz de Mendonça Furtado, who inflicted a severe defeat upon his forces at Margão and forced him to retire with the loss of 400 to 500 men.<ref name=shastry/><ref>Frederick Charles Danvers: ''The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1571-1894'', W.H. Allen & Company, limited, 1894, p. 324.</ref>
==Aftermath==
[[File:GoaConquistas.png|thumb|Map of the Velhas Conquistas (in red) and the Novas Conquista (yellow).]]

Conflict with the Sultanate of Bijapur resulted in the securing of Goa and [[Tiswadi|Tiswadi island]] for Portugal and later of the [[Velhas Conquistas]] with the districts of Bardez and Salcete.

Notwithstanding occasional conflict over the possession of Goa, bilateral relations were established and Portuguese ambassadors, merchants and missionaries often frequented Adil Shahi domains including the capital.<ref>Dr. Ratnakar D. Hosamani: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=c-KgEAAAQBAJ&dq=bijapur+portuguese&pg=PA124 Adil Shahis of Bijapur A Study on their contributions to Deccan Art and Heritage]'', Ashok Yakkaldevi, 2022, p. 124.</ref> The Sultanate of Bijapur was one of the two major connections of Portuguese India, alongside the Mughal Empire.<ref>Michael N. Pearson: The Indian Ocean, Routledge, 2002, pp. 130-131.</ref> The sultans of Bijapur paid tribute to the king of Portugal in the form of gifts.<ref name=shastry/>

In October 22, 1576 the Portuguese signed a commercial treaty with Bijapur that remained valid until the Mughal Empire annexed Bijapur in 1686.<ref name=shastry/> The Portuguese provided sulphur, lead and copper while the Adil Shah would supply timber, steel, iron, sailors, stone cannon, ballast for the ships, saltpeter for gunpowder manufacture, and numerous other articles in return.<ref name=shastry/> Bijapur merchant ships would take in Portuguese naval trading licenses called ''[[cartaz]]'' and not transport goods banned by the Portuguese.<ref name=shastry/> The governors of India maintained close contacts with the Court of Bijapur and through these the Portuguese were able to exert some influence within its politics.

After the Portuguese captured Goa, the Adil Shahis lost the capacity to import high-quality warhorses directly from overseas, and became dependant on the Portuguese for this strategic asset. Whenever war broke out naval imports or exports in Bijapur were blockaded by the Portuguese navy.

In 1675 Portuguese India ceased to have common borders with Bijapur after [[Shivaji]] captured the entire coast of Bijapur.<ref name=shastry>B. D. Shastry: "The Portuguese Commercial Relations with Bijapur in the Seventeenth Century" in Souza, Teotónio: ''Essays in Goan History'', Concept Publishing Company, 1989, pp. 39-48.</ref>

==See also==
[[File:Banner of the Order of Christ.svg|thumb|16th century Portuguese naval and war banner featuring the [[Order of Christ Cross|Cross of the Order of Christ]].]]
*[[Military history of Portugal]]
*[[Portuguese India]]
*[[Acehnese-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Gujarati-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Malay-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Mamluk-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Mughal-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)]]
*[[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)]]
*[[Sinhalese-Portuguese conflicts]]
*[[Deccan sultanates]]

==References==
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[[Category:Military history of India]]
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[[Category:Military history of Portugal]]
[[Category:Military history of the Indian Ocean]]

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