Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (1552–1554) | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559) | |||||||
Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys taken in an ambush by Portuguese forces while trying to bring back his fleet from Basra to Suez in August 1554. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dom Afonso de Noronha Dom Diogo de Noronha |
Piri Reis Seydi Ali Reis | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown |
4 galleons 25 galleys 850 troops |
The Ottoman campaign against Hormuz took place in 1552–1554. An Ottoman fleet led by Admiral Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis was dispatched from the Ottoman harbour of Suez to eliminate the Portuguese presence from the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, and especially their fortress at Hormuz Island.