The Battle of Cannanore took place in 1506 off the harbour of
Cannanore in
India, between the Indian fleet of the
Zamorin of Calicut and a Portuguese fleet under
Lourenço de Almeida, son of the Viceroy Almeida.
The Indian fleet, consisting of about 200 ships equipped with cannons manufactured with the help of two
Milanese Italians, was manned by
Hindu
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,
Arab, and
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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crews.
This encounter ended in a Portuguese victory. It was followed by another Portuguese success at the
siege of Cannanore in 1507, but then a Portuguese defeat at the
Battle of Chaul
The Battle of Chaul was a naval battle between the Portuguese and an Egyptian Mamluk fleet in 1508 in the harbour of Chaul in India. The battle ended in a Mamluk victory. It followed the Siege of Cannanore in which a Portuguese garrison succ ...
in 1508.
[''Foundations of the Portuguese empire, 1415–1580'' Bailey Wallys Diffie p.232''ff']
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See also
* Portuguese India
The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...
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