Tahirid ruler Amir II is killed after the conquest

Afonso de Albuquerque’s fleet landed and attacked Aden but failed to seize the port. The attempt sought control over Red Sea access and Indian Ocean commerce. Aden’s defenders and local political...

An Egyptian Mamluk army under Barsbay captured Taiz during its campaign in Yemen. The campaign had been assembled amid Portuguese pressure in the Red Sea, but it displaced Tahirid authority and...

On 10 Sha’ban 931 AH, converted by TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi as 2 June 1525, Selman Reis submitted a report to Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha. It discussed the India sea route, coastal security,...

Ottoman naval and military forces under Hadım Süleyman Pasha seized Aden during a campaign intended to secure Red Sea routes and challenge Portuguese influence. Ottoman expansion tied Yemen to an...

An eighty-vessel fleet carrying troops and siege artillery departed Suez under Hadım Süleyman Pasha. The expedition was directed toward the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese stronghold at Diu, but its...

Ottoman troops entered Aden after Hadım Süleyman Pasha summoned Amir ibn Da’ud aboard his flagship. Amir and several officials were arrested and executed; troops occupied the port, plundered the city,...

After sixteen days in Aden, Hadım Süleyman Pasha sailed toward Gujarat, leaving Behram Bey, a garrison, and ships behind. The departure extended Ottoman operations into the Indian Ocean while...