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The Portuguese-Malacca War 1511 Albuquerque's Conquest
In 1511, Afonso de Albuquerque led a Portuguese fleet to conquer the wealthy Sultanate of Malacca, a strategic port controlling the spice trade of Southeast Asia. This episode dives into the details of the campaign: Albuquerque's fleet of 18 ships and 1,200 men, the sultan's fortifications, the role of Chinese junks and Malay war boats, the brutal three-day battle, and the massacre that followed. We explore the political situation in Malacca—the weak Sultan Mahmud Shah, the rivalry with the Tamil merchant class, and the support Albuquerque received from a Chinese pirate named Weng…
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