The Siege of Jedda - When the Portuguese tried to invade the Kaaba during hajj

did you know that the Portuguese were so close to invading the Kaaba but the Muslims managed to defeat them at the last moment you see during the Age of Exploration a bunch of European Empires began exploring the oceans conquering new lands taking control of trade routes and making their kings rich and one famous Portuguese explorer by the name of Vasco de Gama wanted to find a tray route from Portugal to India via the ocean in order to go around the powerful Muslim empires that were in the middle in 1948 he managed to go all the way around Africa and reach the east coast of India invading and carving out a piece for the Portuguese Empire but there was a problem the Muslim empires were a little too close for comfort and even though the Muslim navies weren't as advanced as the Portuguese were Muslims have a history of challenging and defeating more advanced superpowers so in 1517 the Portuguese decided to invade the Red Sea and control the waters between Africa and Arabia cutting off trade in the region and what's worse is that Hajj season had started and the pilgrims were making their way to Mecca now all of us sudden the Portuguese were in the area and they began bombing Jeddah it was the last city of Muslim strength and the gateway to Mecca and if it fell the Portuguese would have control of the Haram the people of Jeddah fought valiantly against the Portuguese blasting their ships with huge cannons and even the Hajj pilgrims that could make it joined in on the war effort it helps in any way they could and then something happened a ship could be seen from the distance and then two and then five and then 15 and then a whole Fleet of Warships under the command of Selman rais a fierce soldier who had been in the command of both memluk and ottoman navies and when the Portuguese saw this they knew they had lost they quickly retreated and the Muslims secured the Red Sea once again and when the Portuguese tried to invade the Red Sea again eight years later he was back in action and kicked them out for good he even hauled them back to India where they had their original colony and started fighting for the Muslims over there and as always like a fall for more Muslim facts

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Published: Mon Feb 20 2023