Portuguese Conquest of Goa

Timeline

1. 1510Goa · GoaAlbuquerque had planned operations in the Red Sea, but the Malabar privateer Timoji persuaded him to attack the Bijapur port of Goa instead, claiming the defenses were weak and that it could strike Mamluk ships surviving the Battle of Diu. The fleet entered the river on February 28, broke through Panjim on March 1, and entered Ela on March 3; local officials fled and Portugal controlled the island for the first time.
2. 1510Mandovi River and Goa Island · GoaIn May a large Bijapur army counterattacked; outnumbered and facing the monsoon, the Portuguese were forced to withdraw from the city and endured months of hardship aboard ships at the river mouth. Albuquerque awaited reinforcements from the homeland and Cannanore, determined to retake this port as a permanent base after the monsoon ended.
3. 1510Goa · GoaOn November 25 Albuquerque recaptured Goa with a refreshed fleet and Malabar reinforcements, brutally suppressing Muslim resistance. He appointed Timoji as the city's Aguazil, began minting Eastern currency, and set about building Goa as the seat of the Portuguese viceroy in India, replacing the Cochin model that served only as a fleet anchorage.