1622 y la crisis de Ormuz

Abstract

The fall of the fortress of Hormuz in 1622 to a Persian attack with crucial naval support from the East India Company has had two traditional readings: the first emphasizes the transformation of the local context in the Persian Gulf, with the growing power of the monarchy of the Shah Abbas; the second considers the decline of the Portuguese imperial system in Asia, through the gradual loss of military and commercial competitiveness. A third analysis, no less necessary but seldom undertaken, should consider the imperial perspective of the metropolis.

Keywords

• crisis
• Hormuz
• Portugal
• Spain
• union of Crowns