Battle off Jask

Date16 December 1620 – 7 January 1621

Location

Off Jask, Persian Gulf

Result English victory^[1][2]

Battle off Jask
Part of the Anglo-Portuguese rivalry in the Persian Gulf
Plan of the road of Jask
Date 16 December 1620 – 7 January 1621 Location Off Jask, Persian Gulf Result English victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Portuguese Estado da Índia	English East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Rui Freire de Andrada	Andrew Shilling (DOW)[3] John Weddell
Strength
4 galleons and additional galliots[4] 1,000 men[4]	4 ships
Casualties and losses
160 dead[5] 430 casualties[1]	8 dead[5]

The Battle off Jask^[6][7] was a series of naval engagements in December 1620 and January 1621 between the Portuguese fleet under Rui Freire de Andrada and the English East India Company ships under Andrew Shilling and John Weddell.^[8] It was the first military confrontation between two European powers in the Persian Gulf.^[9]

Later, during the Siege of Qishm, Freire ordered his naval squadron to attack Jask. The Portuguese and Hormuzi forces successfully plundered the town and the English factory, but the attack only intensified English hostility towards the Portuguese in the Gulf.^[10]