Battle of al-Shihr (1548)

Battle of al-Shihr
	; a map shows Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate
Date	April 7, 1548
Location	Al-Shihr
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Mahra Sultanate	Kathiri Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dom Álvaro de Castro; Sa'd bin Afrar	Unknown
Strength
200 Portuguese soldiers ; 22 light-galleys	80 men
Casualties and losses
40 dead	All killed

The battle of al-Shihr was a military confrontation in 1548 between the Portuguese alongside Sa'd bin Afrar, the ruler of Mahra Sultanate and Kathiri Sultanate who had captured al-Mahrah from Sa'd The Portuguese successfully captured the fort near al-Shihr from the Kathiris.

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