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The Siege of Diu 1538 Ottoman Challenge to Portuguese India
In 1538, the Portuguese faced their most serious threat in Asia when an Ottoman-led fleet besieged the island fortress of Diu. This episode tells the story of the siege: how Suleiman the Magnificent's admiral Hadım Suleiman Pasha brought a massive fleet and army to expel the Portuguese from India, how the Gujarati Sultan Bahadur Shah had ceded Diu to the Portuguese only to be killed, and how the fortress commander Martim Afonso de Sousa and Captain João de Castro organized a desperate defense. We explore the unlikely alliance between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Gujarat, the…
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