Qualla: Capture of Muscat (1507) https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/1/w/capture-of-muscat-1507-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Capture of Muscat (1507) https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507 Capture of Muscat (1507): Introduction https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507/ Photo credit RETFrog, CC BY-SA 4.0. Afonso de Albuquerque called Muscat the principal entrepot of the Kingdom of Hormuz and a very large and populous city. He admired its harbor, its buildings, its strategic position on the trade route between Arabia and India. Then he burned it. The Portuguese capture of Muscat in 1507 was not an act of conquest tempered by admiration -- it was a methodical campaign of violence that left the city in ashes and inaugurated nearly 150 years of Portuguese colonial rule along the Omani coast.

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/1/w/capture-of-muscat-1507-wp/tk1w-capture-of-muscat-1507-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Capture of Muscat (1507): Seven Ships From Socotra https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507/ Photo credit RETFrog, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1506, Albuquerque left Lisbon commanding the 8th Portuguese India Armada alongside Tristao da Cunha. After conquering cities along the East African coast and the island of Socotra, Albuquerque split from the main fleet with roughly 500 men and seven ships, heading for the Arab...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/1/w/capture-of-muscat-1507-wp/tk1w-capture-of-muscat-1507-seven-ships-from-socotra.mp3 0:06 2 full Capture of Muscat (1507): A Trail of Fire Along the Coast https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507/ Photo credit RETFrog, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Portuguese reached Oman's coast in the summer of 1507, passing Masirah Island and making landfall at Qalhat and Quriyat. At each town, the pattern was the same: demand submission, meet resistance, respond with overwhelming force. At Quriyat, after a hard fight, the Portuguese...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/1/w/capture-of-muscat-1507-wp/tk1w-capture-of-muscat-1507-a-trail-of-fire-along-the-coast.mp3 0:06 3 full Capture of Muscat (1507): The Price of Muscat https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507/ Photo credit RETFrog, CC BY-SA 4.0. Muscat surrendered unconditionally, hoping to avoid Quriyat's fate. But when reinforcements arrived and the people reconsidered their submission, Albuquerque attacked. His soldiers launched the assault before daybreak, striking from two directions simultaneously. The citizens off...

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]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/k/1/w/capture-of-muscat-1507-wp/tk1w-capture-of-muscat-1507-the-price-of-muscat.mp3 0:06 4 full Capture of Muscat (1507): A Century and a Half of Occupation https://qualla.com/capture-of-muscat-1507/ Photo credit RETFrog, CC BY-SA 4.0. The destruction of Muscat was not the end but the beginning. Albuquerque continued up the coast to Hormuz, which he reached on September 26, 1507, and took by force on October 10. The Portuguese established a network of fortified trading posts across the Omani coast, with Muscat ...

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