Siege of Chaul (1570–1571)
| Siege of Chaul, 1570–1571 | |||||||
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| Part of War of the League of the Indies | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Empire | Sultanate of Ahmadnagar | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dom Luís Freire de Andrade Dom Francisco de Mascarenhas | Nizam Ul-Mulk Shah of Ahmadnagar | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 900 soldiers | 120,000 men (including many Turkic, Abyssian, Persian, Afghan, and Mughal mercenaries,), 38,000 cavalry, 370 war elephants, 38 heavy bombards | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400+ Portuguese soldiers, unknown number of Hindu auxiliaries and civilians | 3,000+ killed, heavy material losses | ||||||
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Siege of Chaul was a military siege undertaken by the Ahmadnagar Sultanate against the Portuguese city of Chaul in the Maharashtra, India between December 1570—July 1571.