Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf
| Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Anglo-Portuguese relations and Portuguese–Safavid wars | |||||||
Batalha Naval de Ormuz, by João Dantas, c. 1812. | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Portuguese Estado da Índia | English East India Company | ||||||
The Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf was a period of military and commercial competition between the Kingdom of Portugal and the English East India Company. Lasting from 1615 to 1635,[3] the conflict was a theater of the broader hostilities across the Indian Ocean, which began in 1602 and concluded with the Convention of Goa in 1635.[4]
List of battles
- Battle off Jask
- Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm
- Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz
- Battle off Hormuz (1625)
- Loss of the Lion (1625)
References
- ^ Boxer 1935, p. 119–120.
- ^ Puga, The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793, 2013, p. 23.
- ^ Boxer 1935, p. 46–124.
- ^ Chaudhri, The English East India Company, 1999, p. 72.
Bibliography
- Boxer, Charles Ralph (1935). "Anglo-Portuguese Rivalry in the Persian Gulf 1615–1635". In Edgar Prestage (ed.). Chapters in Anglo-Portuguese Relations. Watford, Hertfordshire: Voss and Michael. pp. 46–129.