The Portuguese-Mamluk Trade Wars
Fire the "The Portuguese-Mamluk Trade Wars" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_mam.15.
The Portuguese-Mamluk Trade Wars
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_mam.15.
What happens
When the Portuguese traders discovered the way around Africa, and into India, they started to divert the lucrative eastern trade around Africa instead of up the Red Sea. When this happened, they got into a conflict with the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. In 1505, the Mamluk Sultan ordered the first expedition against the Portuguese. Fleets were constructed on the Red Sea and sent to fight the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean. In 1509, the Portuguese finally succeeded in eliminating the Mamluk Fleet at the Battle of Diu, winning the war.\nWhat shall we do?
Player choices
When this event fires, The Portuguese-Mamluk Trade Wars presents these options:
- The Christians must be stopped
- We have other sources of income