What the records say
- When
- Jul 1571 – Nov 1571
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 11.15° N, 75.82° E
- Description
- siege and capture of Chaliyam fort by Zamorin
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Chaliyam
Siege and capture of Chaliyam fort by Zamorin
The siege of Chale or siege of Chaliyam took place in 1571 as a part of the war of the league of the Indies between the Zamorin of Calicut and the Portuguese Empire. Zamorin's Calicut army successfully starved out the fortress, compelling the surrender of Portuguese captain Dom Jorge de Castro.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In what is now the state of Kerala in India, the Siege of Chaliyam begins as the Zamorin of Kozhikode, Mana Vikrama”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page