Battle of Chaul

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireMamluk Sultanate
Gujarat SultanateCommanders and leadersLourenço de Almeida†Amir Husain Al-Kurdi
Malik Ayyaz
Mayimama Marakkar†Strength 3 ships and 5 caravels 6 Egyptian carracks and 6 great galleys, 1500 combatants
40 Gujarat Sultanate galleysCasualties and losses 6 ships
140 men 600–700

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 successfully resisted an attack by Southern Indian rulers. This was the first Portuguese defeat at sea in the Indian Ocean.