Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)

Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
	Part of the Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations
	; The Portuguese fortress of Diu in India, strongly attacked by the Ottomans in 1538.
Date	1538–1560 ; (22 years)
Location	The Persian Gulf, Horn of Africa, Red Sea and India
Result	Status quo ante bellum; Portugal maintains control of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean; Ottomans expand their influence in the Red Sea;
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Kingdom of Hormuz; Supported by:; Ethiopian Empire; Kathiri Sultanate	Ottoman Empire; Supported by:; Adal Sultanate; Gujarat Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Estêvão da Gama; Cristóvão da Gama ; António da Silveira; Diogo de Noronha; António de Noronha; João de Castro; Álvaro de Castro; Fernando de Meneses; Dawit II of Ethiopia; Gelawdewos of Ethiopia;	Suleiman Pasha; Piri Reis; Seydi Ali Reis; Sefer Reis; Murat Reis; Mustafa Pasha Khadjar Safar †; Ahmad al-Ghazi †; ;

The Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (Portuguese: Guerra Turco-Portuguesa, Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu-Portekiz İmparatorluğu çekişmesi, 1538–60) also known as the Ottoman-Portuguese War, were a period of conflict during the Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and series of armed military encounters between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along with regional allies in and along the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea.