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<p>The <b>Capture of Qeshm</b> was a combined Anglo-Persian expedition that successfully captured the <a href="page.php?w=Portuguese_Empire">Portuguese</a> garrison at <a href="page.php?w=Qeshm_Island">Qeshm Island</a> after months of siege.</p>

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<p><a href="page.php?w=Philip_III_of_Spain">Philip III of Spain</a> took measures to maintain the Iberian supremacy of <a href="page.php?w=Persian_Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. In January 1619, he dispatched two naval squadrons to the region; one of them, led by Rui Freire de Andrade, left</p><p>
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