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| conflict = Siege of Calicut<br />
| place = [[Calicut]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| width = <br />
| partof = [[Calicut]]-[[Portugal|Portuguese]] wars<br />
| date = 1526<br />
| territory = Portuguese abandoned the Calicut fort<br />
| result = Victory for [[Zamorin]]<br />
| combatant1 = [[Calicut]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag Portugal (1495).svg|30px|border]] [[Portuguese Empire]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Zamorin]]<br />
| commander2 = João de Lima<br />
| strength1 = Unknown<br />
| strength2 = 300<br />
| casualties1 = <br />
| casualties2 = <br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| image = Portuguese fort at Calicut.jpg<br />
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The '''Siege of Calicut''' occurred in 1526, when the [[Zamorin]], the local Indian ruler, captured the fort of [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] from the [[Portugal|Portuguese]].<ref name="Mathew">''History of the Portuguese navigation in India, 1497-1600'' by K. M. Mathew p.165''ff'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl3IR3RJTIEC&pg=PA165]</ref><br />
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The Portuguese had plans for establishing a fort at Calicut since 1500, when [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] received this mission.<ref name="Mathew"/> The fort was finally completed in 1513, on the spot of an earlier "[[Serame]]", after a peace treaty was signed between the king of Portugal and the Zamorin.<ref name="Mathew"/> Hostilities were triggered when [[Duarte de Menezes]] attacked and destroyed a fleet of the Zamorin at [[Ponnani]] on 26 March 1525.<ref name="Mathew"/><br />
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In reprisal, the Zamorin attacked the fort of Calicut on 3 June 1526.<ref name="Mathew"/> There were 300 Portuguese defenders in the fort, under [[João de Lima]].<ref name="Mathew"/> Reinforcements came from [[Goa]] on 20 September, with the intent of embarking the defenders and attacking the troops of the Zamorin.<ref name="Mathew"/><br />
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Faced with the continuous hostility of the Zamorin however, the Portuguese decided to abandon and partly destroy the fort, which was then captured by the Zamorin.<ref name="Mathew"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Portuguese India]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:1526 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Battles involving Portugal]]<br />
[[Category:Portuguese colonisation in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kozhikode]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 1526]]<br />
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