Siege of Bintan

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireSultanate of Malacca
Sultanate of PahangCommanders and leaders

• Tuão Mafamede

Mahmud Shah of Malacca
Mahmud Shah I of Pahang
Unrecorded allied rulerStrength 1 galleon
3 carracks
2 caravels
1 galley
1 half-galley
5 light-galleys
2 armed batels
600 Portuguese soldiers
300 Malay auxiliaries
Unrecorded number of sailors and combat slaves 30,000 men
20 oarships
Sultan of Pahang:
30 oarships
2,000 menCasualties and losses Few Unknown

The siege of Bintan of 1526 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, assaulted and destroyed the city of Bintan (Bintão, in Portuguese), capital of the former Sultan of MalaccaMahmud Shah.