The Portuguese-Arab war

[StonyArabia]

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

What a great accomplishment defeating a small force far from their base of power of which was busy fighting for its independence from Spain and working on the more important objective of reclaiming Brazil from the Dutch.

[Damião de Góis]

The Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque sailed to Muscat in 1507, in an attempt to establish trade relations. As he approached the harbor, his ships were fired on. He then decided to conquer Muscat. Most of the city burned to the ground during and after the fighting.

The Portuguese maintained a hold on Muscat for over a century, despite challenges from Persia and a bombardment of the town by the Ottoman Turks in 1546.[15] The Turks twice captured Muscat from the Portuguese, in the Capture of Muscat (1552) and 1581-88. The election of Nasir bin Murshid Al-Ya'rubi as Imam of Oman in 1624 changed the balance of power again in the region, from the Persians and the Portuguese to local Omanis. On August 16, 1648 the Imam dispatched an army to Muscat, which captured and demolished the high towers of the Portuguese, weakening their grip over the town. Decisively, in 1650, a small but determined body of the Imam's troops attacked the port at night, forcing an eventual Portuguese surrender on January 23, 1650.[16]

So yeah, it was the Omanis fault for not wanting to trade. All we wanted was to trade:

[StonyArabia]

What a great accomplishment defeating a small force far from their base of power of which was busy fighting for its independence from Spain and working on the more important objective of reclaiming Brazil from the Dutch.

Small force, Portugal was world power, and we managed to defeat it. Remember you only dominated less civilized groups in the Americas and southeast Asia, but we had ancient long civilization in the southern Arabian peninsula which is old as time itself, and successfully resisted and won. Don't understand your Iberian cuzs dude.

[Dandelion]

If only they had Barbosa leading them.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

Small force, Portugal was world power, and we managed to defeat it.

Portugal was fighting a war for its independence at the time. That means the focus of the Portuguese wasn't in a far off land.

Remember you only dominated less civilized groups in the Americas and southeast Asia, but we had ancient long civilization in the southern Arabian peninsula which is old as time itself, and successfully resisted and won. Don't understand your Iberian cuzs dude.

All I know is the Portuguese dominated the area and that domination ended while it was fighting for its national survival against Spain for 28 years.

btw, you sound racist. Personally I find the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas far more interesting than the people of the Arabian Peninsula. Their cities were far more impressive than you're aware.