siege, early modern

Siege of Aden

Name: Siege of Aden
Start: 1513-03-26
Location: Aden, Yemen

Siege of Aden was a siege conducted on 26 March 1513 at Aden, in what is now Yemen. The recorded result: Tahirid victory. Recorded strength: 20 ships; 1,700 Portuguese; 800 Malabar natives against Unknown.

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Portuguese assault on Aden in 1513.. Gaspar Correia (c. 1496–1563), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought26 March 1513

WhereAden, Yemen12.780N, 45.049E

OutcomeTahirid victory

BelligerentsPortuguese Empire; Portuguese IndiaagainstTahirid Sultanate

Casualties and losses100 or 200 killedand50 killed; 39 pieces of ordnance captured

Record

Date	26 March 1513
Place	Aden, Yemen 12.780N, 45.049E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	20 ships; 1,700 Portuguese; 800 Malabar natives	Unknown
Casualties and losses	100 or 200 killed	50 killed; 39 pieces of ordnance captured
Commanders	Afonso de Albuquerque

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Aden Expedition 1839, same recorded site
Capture of Aden 1548, 3.4 km NW
Battle of Zafar AD 632, 174 km NW
British attack on Berbera 1827, 261 km S
Siege of Sanaa AD 570, 300 km N

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1513 and 1839.

Elsewhere in 1513

Siege of Aden is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 20 in present-day Yemen.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55885827, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Aden (1513), revision 1371667737, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.