Siege of Johor (1587)

The siege of Johor of 1587 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, sacked, and razed Johor, capital of its eponymous Sultanate. The city would later be rebuilt at a different location.

In 1586 naval forces of Johor began diverting shipping to the Singapore Strait due of a lack of personnel available in Malacca.[1] Malacca itself was threatened by a large Johor fleet, but it was driven back by the presence of heavily armed Portuguese galleons in its harbour.[2]


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  1. ^ Saturnino Monteiro (2011), Portuguese Sea Battles 1580-1603 pp.170-174
  2. ^ Saturnino Monteiro (2011), Portuguese Sea Battles 1580-1603 pp.176-179
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