Battle of Mombasa (1505)
The Battle of Mombasa in 1505 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the first Viceroy of India Dom Francisco de Almeida and the Sultanate of Mombasa. The Portuguese staged a landing and sacked the city on the occasion.
| Battle of Mombasa 1505 | |||||||
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| Part of Portuguese Battles in the East | |||||||
Mombaza, in Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, 1572. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Empire | Mombasa | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Dom Francisco de Almeida | Sultan of Mombasa | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13 ships. | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 dead. | Heavy | ||||||
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