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Siege of Bintan

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireSultanate of MalaccaSultanate of PahangCommanders and leadersDom Pedro MascarenhasTuão MafamedeMahmud Shah of MalaccaMahmud Shah I of PahangUnrecorded allied rulerStrength 1 galleon 3 carracks 2 caravels 1 galley 1 half-galley 5 light-galleys 2 armed batels 600 Portuguese soldiers300 Malay auxiliaries Unrecorded number of sailors and combat slaves 30,000 men20 oarshipsSultan of Pahang:30 oarships2,000 menCasualties and losses Few UnknownThe 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.

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