First Luso-Malabarese War
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This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}} template. The First Luso-Calicut War was the first armed conflict fought by the Portuguese Empire in Asia, and the first of various against and the Zamorin of Calicut, then the dominant power of the Malabar Coast, in India.
Hostilites broke out in 1500 and continued for thirteen years until the ruling Zamorin was assassinated and his successor signed a peace treaty with the Portuguese governor of India Afonso de Albuquerque.