siege, early modern

Siege of Chaul

Name: Siege of Chaul
Location: Chaul, India

Siege of Chaul was a siege conducted in 1570 at Chaul, in what is now India; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Chaul. It was part of the War of the League of the Indies, which ran from 1570 to 1575. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 soldiers; 200–300 militia against 120,000 men; 38,000 cavalry; 370 war elephants; 38 heavy bombards.

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Fought1570ran into the following year

WhereChaul, India18.546N, 72.927E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

Belligerentsborder|25px Portuguese EmpireagainstSultanate of Ahmadnagar

Part ofWar of the League of the Indies1570 to 1575

Where it sits in the War of the League of the Indies

6 placed engagements of the War of the League of the Indies in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1570 (year precision) to 1571
Place	Chaul, India 18.546N, 72.927E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	2,000 soldiers; 200–300 militia	120,000 men; 38,000 cavalry; 370 war elephants; 38 heavy bombards
Casualties and losses	400+ Portuguese soldiers, unknown number of Hindu auxiliaries and civilians.	7,000+ killed, heavy material losses
Commanders	Luís Freire de Andrade Francisco de Mascarenhas	Murtaza Nizam Shah I

Placed at Chaul; 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 Janjira 1682, 28 km S
Battle of Umberkhind 1661, 28 km NE
Battle of Wadgaon 1779, 79 km E
Battle of Khadki 1817, 97 km E
Battle of Poona 1802, 98 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Goa 1570
After: Siege of Honavar 1571
All 6 engagements of War of the League of the Indies

Elsewhere in 1570

Siege of Chaul is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q134477926, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Chaul (1570–1571), revision 1370740172, 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.