siege, early modern

Siege of Daman

Name: Siege of Daman
Location: Daman, India

Siege of Daman was a siege conducted in 1638 at Daman, in what is now India; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Daman. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 10,000, 25,000 or 40,000 men.

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Fought1638ran into the following year

WhereDaman, India20.417N, 72.834E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireagainstMughal Empire

Casualties and lossesUnknownand700–7,000 killed

Record

Date	1638 (year precision) to 1639
Place	Daman, India 20.417N, 72.834E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Unknown	10,000, 25,000 or 40,000 men
Casualties and losses	Unknown	700–7,000 killed
Commanders	Luís de Melo e Sampaio António Teles de Meneses Brás de Castro	Aurangzeb

Placed at Daman; 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

Battle of Daman 1694, 1.7 km E
Siege of Barur 1464, 16 km NE
Battle of Surat 1704, 74 km N
Battle of Surat 1664, 83 km N
Battle of Salher 1672, 83 km N

Elsewhere in 1638

Siege of Daman is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q116310444, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Daman (1638–1639), revision 1375892203, 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.