Portuguese conquest of Hormuz
Afonso de Albuquerque subjugated the island kingdom of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf: his first attempt in 1507 collapsed, but in 1515 he returned, made the king a Portuguese vassal and built a fortress that gave Portugal control of the Gulf trade for more than a century.
- Date
- 25 September 1507 – 1 April 1515exact date · duration: ≈ 8 yearsDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Hormuztoday: Hormuz Island, Iran · Middle East and Egypt
- Participants
- Afonso de Albuquerque, Kingdom of Portugal, Kingdom of Hormuz
- Threads
- History of Portugal since the Battle of Aljubarrota
- Also known as
- Ormuz; Hormoz; Ормуз
Hormuz was one of the great entrepôts of the Indian Ocean, and King Manuel planned to seize the three gateways of Asian trade — Aden, Hormuz and Malacca. In September 1507, after taking or sacking the towns of the Omani coast, Albuquerque forced King Seyf ad-Din to pay tribute and allow a fort to be built. But his captains, unwilling to stay, deserted to India, and in February 1508 he had to withdraw.
Having taken Goa and Malacca, Albuquerque returned in March 1515 with 27 ships. On 1 April the young King Turan Shah allowed him to land; the all-powerful minister Rais Ahmed was killed in the king’s presence, and the fortress of Our Lady of the Conception was built at the northern tip of the island. Albuquerque, already ill, died within sight of Goa in December 1515. Hormuz remained a Portuguese client state until 1622, when it fell to an English and Persian force.
Connections
Related events
- Battle of Diu3 February 1509 · South Asiapart of the same struggle for control of the Indian Ocean trade
- Portuguese conquest of Goa25 November 1510 · South AsiaAlbuquerque’s strategy: Goa as the capital, Malacca and Hormuz as the gateways of Asian trade
Same participants
- Capture of Malacca25 July – between 10 August and 24 August 1511 · Southeast Asia and Oceaniavia Afonso de Albuquerque
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Waldseemüller mapApril 1507
Eastern Europe
- Annexation of Pskov by Moscow13 January 1510
- Capture of Smolensk (1514)between 30 July and 1 August 1514
- Battle of Orsha8 September 1514
Central and Northern Asia
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507
South Asia
- Portuguese conquest of Goa25 November 1510
- Battle of Diu3 February 1509
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Capture of Malacca25 July – between 10 August and 24 August 1511
Latin America
- Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean25–29 September 1513
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Portuguese conquest of Hormuz
- Wikipedia (English): Kingdom of Hormuz
- Wikipedia (Russian): Захват Ормуза (1507)
- Wikipedia (Russian): Ормуз (государство)
- Subrahmanyam S. The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500–1700: A Political and Economic History. — London: Longman, 1993.
- Couto D., Loureiro R. M. Ormuz 1507 e 1622: conquista e perda. — Lisboa: Tribuna da História, 2007.
- Wikidata: Q1106847