The siege of Bintan of 1526 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, assaulted and destroyed the city of Bintan (Bintão, in Portuguese), capital of the former Sultan of Malacca Mahmud Shah. == Context == In 1511, the second Governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque captured the Malay city of Malacca.
The siege of Bintan of 1526 was a military operation in which Portuguese forces successfully sieged, assaulted and destroyed the city of Bintan (Bintão, in Portuguese), capital of the former Sultan of Malacca Mahmud Shah. == Context == In 1511, the second Governor of Portuguese India Afonso de Albuquerque captured the Malay city of Malacca.
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