Battle of Chaul
| Battle of Chaul (1508) | |||||||
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| Part of Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts and Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
Portuguese ships, 16th century | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Empire |
Mamluk Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lourenço de Almeida † |
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi Malik Ayyaz Mayimama Marakkar † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3 ships and 5 caravels |
6 Egyptian carracks and 6 great galleys, 1500 combatants 40 Gujarat Sultanate galleys | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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6 ships 140 men | 600–700 | ||||||
The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cannanore in which a Portuguese garrison successfully resisted an attack by Southern Indian rulers. This was the first Portuguese defeat at sea in the Indian Ocean.