Quote Originally Posted by Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas View Post
Quoted for the truth. I don't know about the Spaniards but the Portuguese fought numerous battles against the Ottomans for the control of the Indian Ocean and we beat them hard.

The battle of Diu is considered one of the most influential battles in history. Thanks to the Portuguese intervention, India isn't a Muslim nation nowadays.

Ottoman commander Mir Ali Beg was so humiliated that he gave up the fight and was sent to Lisbon as a converted Christian.

Which Battle of Diu? 1509? Mir Ali Beg was captured in 1589 when he was fighting against Portuguese navy with a small fleet in Battle of Mombasa.