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Three years later he sailed out from Suez again with 30 ships and the goal of wresting Hormuz Island, the key to the Persian Gulf, from Portugal. Piri Reis captured Muscat on his way, therefore extending Ottoman authority as far as Oman. He laid siege to Hormuz but was unsuccessful. He captured the town, but the citadel remained intact. After capturing Qatar peninsula he faced with reports of an approaching Portuguese fleet, Piri Reis decided to withdraw the fleet to Basra. He returned to Suez with two galleys which were his personal property. The sultan sentenced Piri Reis to death for these acts, and had him executed in 1553.