What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1517
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 21.53° N, 39.16° E
- Description
- 1517 battle between Portuguese and Ottoman Empires
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Jeddah
1517 battle between Portuguese and Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
The siege of Jeddah was a naval battle that took place in the harbor of Jeddah between a Portuguese expeditionary force under Lopo Soares de Albergaria and Ottoman elements under Selman Reis, and Egyptian Mamluks fleet. The Portuguese fleet arrived off the city’s coast on Easter day, 1517, Hijri year 923, and moored in the channel.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cidde Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Джидды”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page