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.
Date1615 – 1635
Location
Result Convention of Goa[1][2]
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

References

  1. ^ Boxer 1935, p. 119–120.
  2. ^ Puga, The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793, 2013, p. 23.
  3. ^ Boxer 1935, p. 46–124.
  4. ^ 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.