The Ottoman-Portuguese conflict over the Red Sea during the sixteenth century AD and its impact on the Yemeni islands (Socotra and Kamaran islands as examples)

Abstract

This study aims to address the Portuguese attempts to control the Yemeni islands، and to identify the history of the conflict over the Red Sea region، and trace the stages of this conflict and identify its factors and causes.The study also aimed at an analytical reading of the conditions that took place in the Red Sea region، especially the Yemeni coasts، specifically the islands of Socotra and Kamaran. The research was divided into a preamble، an introduction، and three sections. The first section dealt with the Portuguese geographical discoveries and their causes، while the second section dealt with the Ottoman-Portuguese conflict in the Red Sea region. The third topic only dealt with the impact of the Ottoman-Portuguese conflict on the islands of Socotra and Kamaran. The study relied on the analytical approach. The study reached a set of results and recommendations، the most important of which are: the contribution of the Red Sea to communication between the peoples of the region. The islands of Socotra and Kamaran، which overlook the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea، were of interest to all world powers in order to control them، unite the ranks of all Yemeni forces in the future، to stand up to the challenges that the Yemeni people are facing at the present time، by benefiting from the Yemeni experience in repelling the Portuguese aggression against The Yemeni land، especially the islands of Socotra and Kamaran، in the sixteenth century AD.