siege, early modern

Siege of Bintan

Name: Siege of Bintan
Location: Bintan Island, Indonesia

Siege of Bintan was a siege conducted in 1526 at Bintan Island, in what is now Indonesia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bintan Island. The recorded result: Portuguese victory.

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Fought1526

WhereBintan Island, Indonesia1.083N, 104.491E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

Belligerents24px|border Portuguese EmpireagainstSultanate of Malacca; Sultanate of Pahang

Casualties and lossesFewandUnknown

Record

Date	1526 (year precision)
Place	Bintan Island, Indonesia 1.083N, 104.491E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	1 galleon; 3 carracks; 2 caravels; 1 galley; 1 half-galley; 5 light-galleys; 2 armed batels; 600 Portuguese soldiers; 300 Malay auxiliaries; Unrecorded number of sailors and combat slaves	30,000 men; 20 oarships; Sultan of Pahang: 30 oarships; 2,000 men
Casualties and losses	Few	Unknown
Commanders	Pedro Mascarenhas	Mahmud Shah of Malacca Mahmud Shah I of Pahang

Placed at Bintan Island; 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

Operation Rimau 1944, 73 km W
Operation Jaywick 1943, 73 km W
Bombing of Singapore 1944, 83 km W
Battle of Pasir Panjang 1942, 83 km W
Action of 13 December 1964 1964, 84 km W

Elsewhere in 1526

Siege of Bintan is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Indonesia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q116158567, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Bintan, revision 1370739616, 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.