Selman Reis leads a Mamluk fleet of…
September 1515 CE
Selman Reis leads a Mamluk fleet of nineteen ships into the Indian Ocean in 1515 following the Portuguese disruption of the spice trade between India and Mamluk Egypt.
He leaves Suez on September 30 leading the fleet, which includes three thousand men, thirteen hundred of whom are Turkish soldiers.
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Hinduism
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Jews
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Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
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Nair
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Islam
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Kolattunādu (Kingdom of Cannanore)
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Cochin, Kingdom of
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Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
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Ormus, Kingdom of
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Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of
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Kozhikode, or Calicut, Kingdom of
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Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Burji Sultanate of
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Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
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Gujarat Sultanate
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Portuguese Empire
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Ottoman Empire
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Portuguese Mozambique
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