siege, early modern

Siege of Bahrain

Name: Siege of Bahrain
Location: Bahrain

Siege of Bahrain was a siege conducted in 1529 at Bahrain. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bahrain. The recorded result: Bahraini victory. Recorded strength: 400 men; 5 ships against 800 men.

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Fought1529

WhereBahrain26.067N, 50.551E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBahraini victory

Belligerents24px|border Portuguese EmpireagainstBahraini rebels

Casualties and losses200 died from diseaseandUnknown

Record

Date	1529 (year precision) to 1529
Place	Bahrain 26.067N, 50.551E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	400 men; 5 ships	800 men
Casualties and losses	200 died from disease	Unknown

Placed at Bahrain; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Bahrain 1559, same recorded site
Battle of Kanzan 1915, 102 km SW
Conquest of al-Hasa 1913, 117 km SW
Battle off Hormuz 1625, 136 km NE
Iraqi attack on USS Stark 1987, 158 km NE

Elsewhere in 1529

Siege of Bahrain is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 7 in present-day Bahrain.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q120918501, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Bahrain (1529), revision 1370739202, 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.