Also, the fight over India.........one of the queens of England,,,,,,,,i think a Victoria,,,,,,,,,called India the crown jewel of the British Empire.............the British had an East India Company, Holland had the Dutch East India company........and it was the last company that brought the French gem expert, Tavernier (sp?) back from the far east, stopped in South Africa.........in the 1600s..........his last trip to India, and i think the one he brought back the Hope diamond.........now in Wash Dc...........

In the Indian Ocean, Suleiman led several naval campaigns against the Portuguese in an attempt to remove them and reestablish trade with India. Aden in Yemen was captured by the Ottomans in 1538, in order to provide an Ottoman base for raids against Portuguese possessions on the western coast of modern Pakistan and India.^[32] Sailing on to India, the Ottomans failed against the Portuguese at the Siege of Diu in September 1538, but then returned to Aden where they fortified the city with 100 pieces of artillery.^[32][33] From this base, Sulayman Pasha managed to take control of the whole country of Yemen, also taking Sanaa.^[32] Aden rose against the Ottomans however and invited the Portuguese instead, so that the Portuguese were in control of the city until its seizure by Piri Reis in the Capture of Aden (1548).

With its strong control of the Red Sea, Suleiman successfully managed to dispute control of the Indian trade routes to the Portuguese and maintained a significant level of trade with the Mughal Empire of South Asia throughout the 16th century.^[34] His admiral Piri Reis led an Ottoman fleet in the Indian Ocean, achieving the Capture of Muscat in 1552.