Siege of Jeddah

The siege of Jeddah was a naval battle that took place in the harbor of Jeddah between a Portuguese expeditionary force under Lopo Soares de Albergaria and Ottoman elements under Selman Reis. The Portuguese fleet arrived off the city’s coast on Easter day, 1517 (12 April), Hijri year 923, and moored in the channel. After a quick naval action that day with few casualties, shore artillery prevented the Portuguese from landing, and weather ultimately caused them to withdraw.

For the 1925 siege, see Battle of Jeddah (1925).

Siege of Jeddah
Part of the Portuguese–Mamluk naval war,
Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations
Date12 April 1517
Location
Jeddah, Arabia and the Red Sea
Result

Mamluk-Ottoman victory

  • End of Portuguese fleets in the Red Sea
  • Annexation of Jeddah by the Ottomans
  • End of the Mamluk regime
Belligerents
 Portuguese Empire  Ottoman Empire
 Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Lopo Soares de Albergaria Selman Reis
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi
Strength
36 to 43 sails (15 naus), 1,800 to 5,400 men 19 ships, 3,000 soldiers (including 1,300 Turks)
Casualties and losses
2 or 3 ships destroyed 1 ship partially damaged due to accident fire
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