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'''Amir Husain Al-Kurdi''', (أمیر حسین الکردي), named the '''Mirocem''' or '''Mir-Hocem'''  or ''' Mihir Hussain''' <ref>The book of Duarte Barbosa By Duarte Barbosa, Fernão de Magalhães, [[Mansel Longworth Dames]]</ref> by the Portuguese, was a governor of the city of [[Jeddah]]<ref>Kuzhippalli Skaria Mathew, Portuguese trade with India in the sixteenth century, p.39, Manohar, 1983</ref> in the Red Sea, then part of the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Egyptian]] [[Mameluks|Mamluk Sultanate]], in early 16th century. He stood out as admiral of the Mamluk fleet fought by the forces of the [[Portuguese Empire]] in the Indian Ocean.<ref>[[Fernão Lopes de Castanheda]], "História do Descobrimento e Conquista da India pelos Portugueses", p.12</ref> Shortly after the arrival of the Portuguese to the Indian sea, Mirocem was sent by the last Mamluk Sultan, [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri]], to defend his interests in the sea, including the defense of the fleets of Muslim pilgrims to [[Mecca]], then part of the sultanate.

In 1508, he joined [[Meliqueaz|Malik Ayyaz]], an admiral from [[Gujarat]], as leader of the Mamluk fleet at the [[battle of Chaul]], where they faced and defeated the fleet of [[Lourenço de Almeida]], son of the Portuguese [[viceroy]] of India, D. [[Francisco de Almeida]]. Following this battle, he was fiercely fought by the viceroy himself, who in 1509 invested and won the [[Battle of Diu]] seeking Mirocem to avenge the death of his son and free the Portuguese prisoners made at Chaul in 1508.

Together with the Ottoman fleet of [[Selman Reis]], Husain successfully defended [[Siege of Jeddah (1517)|Jeddah]] in 1517 from the Portuguese fleets of [[Lopo Soares de Albergaria]], soon before the fall of the [[Mamluk]] regime.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xf3h3Z1YQtIC&pg=PA39|title = The Ottoman Age of Exploration|isbn = 978-0-19-979879-7|last1 = Casale|first1 = Giancarlo|date = 25 February 2010}}</ref>

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