Capture of Aden (1548)

Capture of Aden
Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)

Ottoman fleet in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century.
Date26 February 1548
Location
Result
  • Ottoman victory
  • Ottomans recapture Aden
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Piri Reis

Paju de Noronha

Âli bin Süleyman el-Tavlakî 
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3 Portuguese ships burned, 120 Portuguese sailors enslaved ,Âli bin Süleyman el-Tavlakî killed

The capture of Aden of 1548 was accomplished when Ottomans under Piri Reis managed to take the harbour of Aden in Yemen from the Portuguese on 26 February 1548.[1]

  1. ^ Ezel Kural Shaw (29 October 1976). History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780521291637.

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