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The Portuguese and the Battle of Diu: How a Tiny Fleet Changed Asia
In 1509, a small Portuguese fleet under Dom Francisco de Almeida faced down a massive combined armada of the Mamluk Sultanate, the Sultanate of Gujarat, and the Zamorin of Calicut at the Battle of Diu. This episode dives into the battle itself — the ships, the tactics, the commanders, and the brutal aftermath. We explore how a Christian kingdom from the edge of Europe managed to shatter Muslim naval power in the Indian Ocean with a handful of ships, and why the battle is often called the 'Portuguese Trafalgar.' Along the way, we meet the Mamluk admiral Amir Husain al-Kurdi, the…
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