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Battle of Socotra
| Battle of Socotra | |||||||
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| Part of Portuguese Battles in the East | |||||||
 Çacotoraa in a 16th century Portuguese sketch by João de Castro | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portuguese Empire |
 Mahra Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Tristão da Cunha Afonso de Albuquerque |
Sheikh Ibrahim † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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400 men 14 ships[1] | 130 men[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Few | Heavy | ||||||
The Battle of Socotra was a military engagement that took place on Socotra Island in 1507, and which resulted in the occupation of the Island by the Portuguese Empire.
- ^ The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume IV, British India, H. H. Dodwell, Cambridge University Press, pp. 8-9.
- ^ José Pereira da Costa: "Socotorá e o Domínio Português no Oriente" in Revista da Universidade de Coimbra volume XXIII, Coimbra, 1973, pp. 6-21
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