>be 1507>Portuguese Empire just getting started in the Indian Ocean>Afonso de Albuquerque rolls up with only 460 men and 6 ships>target: Kingdom of Hormuz>they got 30,000 men and 400 ships>65 to 1 manpower disadvantage>66 to 1 naval disadvantage>still capture the city and fortress in one go>Portuguese casualties: 11 wounded>Hormuz casualties: 900 dead>proceed to build a massive fort there like it's TuesdayDayum bros... how did the Portuguese keep getting away with this shit?Were they just built different?
>>18421376We had better technology desu. But we still managed to keep it for 100 years
>>18421380Losing to Oman was still a bit embarrassing though
>>18421376Just goes to show how much of a technological gap there was between Europe and the rest of the world. At its height, Hormuz was the most powerful naval force in the gulf, and it got toppled by 6 Portuguese ships, and Portugal would only leave 150 years later because of other Europeans
>>18421376The Portuguese was never able to militarily defeat a regional power, so he preferred to attack coastal cities known more for their trade than for their military power.
Some shitty city-state losthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_HormuzThen Iran came and raped the Portuguese and expelled them for all eternity from the region
>>18421376It's basic conquest in Asia. Like how the Russian General Chernyayev conquered the city of Tashkent while outnumbered 15 to 1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashkent#Colonial_period
>>18421759Persians sissies got bvlled by BPC
>>18421759https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Hormuz>English assistance was required to capture Hormuz.
>>18421870little portuguese dicks got bvlled by Persians and Jewish Angloidshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Hormuz
>>18421759It took them 150 years
>>18422340It took the Safavids two months actually.
>>18421890>>18421759Seethe Anglo lapdog.
