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Battle of Lingga
| Battle of Lingga | |||||||
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| Part of Malay–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
 Location of the Lingga Islands | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Sultanate of Bintan Sultanate of Indragiri | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Álvaro de Brito Baltasar Raposo |
Sultan of Indragiri Laqueximena | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2 carracks, 80 soldiers[1] |
160 lancharas[2] 2,000 men[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 dead, 17 wounded[4] | 80 vessels lost, 600 dead[5] | ||||||
The Battle of Lingga was a naval engagement that took place in 1525 and in which Portuguese forces defeated a fleet belonging to the Sultan of Bintan (former Sultan of Malacca) and the Sultan of Indragiri, in defense of their ally, the Sultan of Lingga.
- ^ Barros, 1777, p.471.
- ^ Saturnino Monteiro: Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa 1139-1975, volume II, Livraria Sá da Costa Editora, 1991, p.75.
- ^ João de Barros: Da Ásia dec. III, part II, Regia Officina Typografica, 1777 edition, p.472.
- ^ Fernão Lopes de Castanheda: Historia do descobrimento e conquista da India pelos Portugueses, Typographia Rollandiana, 1833 edition, Volumes 6-7, 216.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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