229 The Ottoman Fleet

3 months after the Vedic New Year 1655 (to align with the Western calendar for ease of understanding).

While scholarly discussions were ongoing in the royal capital of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire, a danger was approaching them from the Middle East.

At the opening of the Bab al Mandab Strait, situated at the Red Sea's juncture, a formidable Ottoman fleet, proudly bearing the red Ottoman flag, advanced towards the strategically positioned city of Djibouti, nestled at the Horn of Africa.