Hoca Sefer ( 1536–38) was an Ottoman captain in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

in the first half of the 16th century. Hoca Sefer, who had been installed by the Ottoman captain

Selman Reis Selman Reis was an Ottoman admiral and former corsair who was active in the Mamluk Navy of Egypt and later in the Ottoman Navy against the Portuguese in the first half of the 16th century. Selman Reis was originally from the Aegean island of Lesb ...

, attempted to maintain Ottoman influence in Diu against the

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, who had established the

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there. The conflict between the Ottomans and the Portuguese would escalate with the

Siege of Diu A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from la, sedere, lit=to sit. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterize ...

in 1538, following the request for Ottoman intervention by Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat in 1536.

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