The activities of the Portuguese motivate the…

The activities of the Portuguese motivate the Muslims to take military action.

The sultan of Egypt, allied with the Venetians and Turks, organizes a large armada that crosses the Indian Ocean to Diu, where it is engaged by a Portuguese fleet.

On February 2, 1509, a great sea battle is fought and the sultan's armada destroyed.

This victory assures Portuguese commercial and military hegemony over India and allows Portugal to extend its empire to the Far East.

Albuquerque establishes his capital at Goa, which he attacks and occupies in 1510.

In 1511 he departs for the conquest of Malacca, the emporium for the spice trade and trade with China, which he accomplishes in August of this year.

After returning to Goa, Albuquerque makes plans to occupy strategic positions in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.

On his first expedition, he fails to take Aden and returns to Goa.

His second expedition, which is to be his last, attempts to conquer Ormuz and Aden, as well as seize Mecca.

During this expedition, Albuquerque falls ill and returs to Goa, where he dies in 1515.