At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
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In time
Summary
The great Ottoman campaign against Malta, 973/1565 1.
The objective
Sultan Süleyman resolved to take Malta, the greatest Christian stronghold in the central Mediterranean and seat of the Knights of St John; he sent Piyale Pasha with the fleet and ordered Dragut and Hasan b. Khayr al-Din to join — Hasan with twenty-five ships and three thousand men 1.
Siege and withdrawal
The fleet stood off Malta on 18 May and pressed a tight siege until Christian relief under the Sicilian viceroy arrived with twenty-eight warships; the Ottoman fleet withdrew on 18 Rabi' I 973/8 December 1565 1.
Connections
People and things also explored
Piyale Pasha's attack on Djerba (967/1560)· The battle of Mohács and the conquest of Buda· Battle of Mostaganem (965/1558)· Franco-Ottoman Capitulations· Capture of Baghdad· Siege of Belgrade (1521)· The Ottoman Conquest of Rhodes· The first siege of Vienna
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 252
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/siege-of-malta-1565/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.