Siege of Bahrain

Siege of Bahrain 1559
Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)
Portuguese fortress of Bahrain, modern-day.
Date July – November 1559 Location Bahrain Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Kingdom of Hormuz	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Dom António de Noronha Álvaro da Silveira † Morad Shah	Mustafa Pasha
Strength
400 Persian mercenaries about 1,000 Portuguese 1 war-caravel 30 light-galleys	800–1,200 Turks 2 galleys, 70 transports
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

The siege of Bahrain of 1559 occurred when forces of the Ottoman Empire, commanded by the governor of the Lahsa eyalet Mustafa Pasha, attempted to seize Bahrain, and thus wrest control of the island and its famed pearl trade from the Portuguese Empire. The siege was unsuccessful, and the Portuguese defeated the Turks when reinforcements were dispatched by sea from the fortress of Hormuz.