| Conflict: | Siege of Calicut |
| Place: | Calicut, Kerala, India |
| Partof: | Calicut-Portuguese wars |
| Date: | 1526 |
| Territory: | Portuguese abandoned the Calicut fort |
| Result: | Victory for Zamorin |
| Combatant1: | Calicut |
| Combatant2: | Portuguese Empire |
| Commander1: | Zamorin |
| Commander2: | João de Lima |
| Strength1: | Unknown |
| Strength2: | 300 |
The siege of Calicut occurred in 1526, when the Zamorin, the local Indian ruler, captured the fort of Calicut from the Portuguese.[1]
The Portuguese had plans for establishing a fort at Calicut since 1500, when Pedro Álvares Cabral received this mission.[1] The fort was finally completed in 1513, on the spot of an earlier "Serame", after a peace treaty was signed between the king of Portugal and the Zamorin.[1] Hostilities were triggered when Duarte de Menezes attacked and destroyed a fleet of the Zamorin at Ponnani on 26 March 1525.[1]
In reprisal, the Zamorin attacked the fort of Calicut on 3 June 1526.[1] There were 300 Portuguese defenders in the fort, under João de Lima.[1] Reinforcements came from Goa on 20 September, with the intent of embarking the defenders and attacking the troops of the Zamorin.[1]
Faced with the continuous hostility of the Zamorin however, the Portuguese decided to abandon and partly destroy the fort, which was then captured by the Zamorin.[1]