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Aruj Barbarossa
Aruj Barbarossa
Born	c. 1474; Midilli, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Lesbos, Greece)
Died	May 1518 (aged 43–44); Tlemcen (in modern-day Algeria)
	Piratical career
Nickname	Barbarossa; Red Beard; Baba Aruj
Years active	c. 1495 – 1518
Rank	Sultan of Algiers
Base of operations	Mediterranean
Battles/wars	Siege of Jijel; Expedition to Cherchell; Capture of Algiers (1516); Algiers expedition (1516); Battle of Oued Djer; Expedition to the Moulouya; Fall of Tlemcen (1518);

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Aruj Barbarossa (c. 1474 – 1518), known as Oruç Reis (Arabic: عروج بربروس) to the Turks, was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the Spanish at Tlemcen.

He became known as Baba Aruj (Father Aruj) when he transported large numbers of Morisco, Muslim and Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa; folk etymology in Europe transformed that name into Barbarossa (which means Redbeard in Italian).^[1]

Background

His father, Yakup Ağa, was an Ottoman official^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] of Turkish^[6]^[7]^[8] or Albanian^[9]^[10]^[11] descent. Yakup Ağa took part in the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos (Midilli) from the Genoese in 1462, and as a reward, was granted the fief of the Bonova village in the island. He married a local Christian Greek woman (from Mytilene), named Katerina, who was the widow of an Eastern Orthodox priest.^[9]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

They had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, Aruj, Hızır and Ilyas. Yakup became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products. The four sons helped their father with his business, but not much is known about the daughters. At first Aruj helped with the boat, while Hızır helped with pottery.^{[citation needed]}

Early career

All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. Aruj was the first brother to be involved in seamanship, soon joined by the youngest brother Ilyas. Hızır initially helped their father in the pottery business, but later obtained a ship of his own and also began a career at sea. Ishak, the eldest, remained on Mytilene and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business. The other three brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned privateers in the Mediterranean, counteracting the privateering of the Knights Hospitaller of the Island of Rhodes.^[16] Aruj and Ilyas operated in the Levant, between Anatolia, Syria and Egypt, while Hızır operated in the Aegean Sea and based his operations mostly in Thessaloniki.

Aruj was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak Italian, Spanish, French, Greek and Arabic in the early years of his career. During a trading expedition in Tripoli, Lebanon, he and Ilyas were attacked by a galley of the Knights Hospitaller. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Aruj was wounded.^[16] Their father's boat was captured, and Aruj was taken prisoner and detained in the Knights' Bodrum Castle for nearly three years. Hizir tried to help Oruc by ransoming but failed and Oruc was tortured for the first few years of captivity and later he worked as a slave on the Rhodes Ship which transported prisoners. One night when conditions were favorable^{[clarification needed]} he managed to escape from the ship and was able to flee to a village where he lived for ten days. Later he joined Captain Ali.^[who?] ^[17]

Aruj the corsair

Aruj later went to Antalya, where he was given 18 galleys by Şehzade Korkut, an Ottoman prince and governor of the city, and charged with fighting against the Knights Hospitaller who inflicted serious damage on Ottoman shipping and trade.^[16]

In the following years, when Şehzade Korkut became governor of Manisa, he gave Aruj a larger fleet of 24 galleys at the port of İzmir and ordered him to participate in the Ottoman naval expedition to Apulia in the Kingdom of Naples, where Aruj bombarded several coastal forts and captured two ships. On his way back to Lesbos, he stopped at Euboea and captured three galleons and another ship. He then attacked several islands of the Knights Hospitaller and captured many of their small vessel ships. Reaching Mytilene with these captured vessels, Aruj learned that Şehzade Korkut, brother of the new Ottoman sultan, had fled to Egypt to avoid being killed over a succession dispute; a common practice at that time in the House of Osman. Fearing trouble due to his well-known association with the Ottoman prince in exile, Aruj sailed to Egypt where he met Şehzade Korkut in Cairo and managed to get an audience with the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri, who gave him another ship and charged him to raid the coasts of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean that were controlled by Christian powers. After passing the winter in Cairo, he set sail from Alexandria and operated along the coasts of Liguria and Sicily.^{[citation needed]}

In 1503, Aruj managed to seize three more ships and made the island of Djerba his new base, thus moving his operations to the Western Mediterranean. Hızır joined Aruj at Djerba. In 1504, the two brothers asked Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil, Hafsid caliph of Tunisia, for permission to use the strategically located port of La Goulette for their operations. They were granted this right, with the condition of leaving one third of their booty to the sultan. ^{[citation needed]}

Aruj, in command of small galliots, captured two much larger Papal galleys near the island of Elba. Later, near Lipari, the two brothers captured a Sicilian warship, the Cavalleria, with 380 Spanish soldiers and 60 Spanish knights from Aragon on board, who were on their way from Spain to Naples. In 1505, they raided the coasts of Calabria. These accomplishments increased their fame and they were joined by a number of other well-known Muslim corsairs, including Kurtoğlu (known in the West as Curtogoli) a Turkish corsair from Kayseri. In 1508, they raided the coasts of Liguria, particularly Diano Marina.^{[citation needed]}

In 1509, Ishak also left Mytilene and joined his brothers at La Goulette. The fame of Aruj increased when, between 1504 and 1510, he transported Muslims from Spain to North Africa. His helping the Muslims of Spain in need and transporting them to safer lands earned him the honorific name Baba Aruj (Father Aruj), which eventually—due to the similarity in sound—evolved in Spain, Italy and France into Barbarossa (Redbeard in Italian).^{[citation needed]}

In 1510, the three brothers raided Cape Passero in Sicily and repulsed a Spanish attack on Bougie, Oran and Algiers. In August 1511, they raided the areas around Reggio Calabria in southern Italy. In August 1512, the exiled ruler of Bougie invited the brothers to drive out the Spaniards, and during the battle Aruj lost his left arm.^[18] This incident earned him the nickname Gümüş Kol (Silver Arm in Turkish), in reference to the silver prosthetic device which he used in place of his missing limb. Later that year the three brothers raided the coasts of Andalusia in Spain, capturing a galliot of the Lomellini family of Genoa who owned the Tabarca island in that area. They subsequently landed on Menorca and captured a coastal castle,^[19] and then headed towards Liguria and captured four Genoese galleys near Genoa. The Genoese sent a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers captured their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sailed back to La Goulette.

There they built three more galliots and a gunpowder production facility. In 1513, they captured four English ships on their way to France, raided Valencia where they captured four more ships, and then headed for Alicante and captured a Spanish galley near Málaga. Between 1513 and 1514, the three brothers engaged Spanish squadrons on several other occasions and moved to their new base in Cherchell, west of Algiers. In 1514, with 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, they destroyed two Spanish fortresses at Bougie, and when a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of Majorca, arrived for assistance, they headed towards Ceuta and raided that city before capturing Jijel in Algeria, which was under Genoese control. They later captured Mahdiya in Tunisia. Afterwards they raided the coasts of Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands and the Spanish mainland, capturing three large ships there. In 1515, they captured several galleons, a galley and three barques at Majorca. Still in 1515, Aruj sent precious gifts to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I who, in return, sent him two galleys and two swords embellished with diamonds. In 1516, joined by Kurtoğlu, the brothers besieged the Castle of Elba, before heading once more towards Liguria where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others.

Ruler of Algiers

In 1516 the three brothers succeeded in liberating Jijel and Algiers from the Spaniards, but eventually assumed control over the cities and surrounding region, forcing the previous ruler, Abu Hammu Musa III of the Zayyanid dynasty, to flee.^[20] The local Spaniards in Algiers sought refuge in the Peñón of Algiers and asked Emperor Charles V, King of Spain, to intervene, but the Spanish fleet failed to force the brothers out of Algiers.

After consolidating his power and declaring himself the new Sultan of Algiers, Aruj sought to enhance his territory inlands and took Miliana, Medea and Ténès. He became known for attaching sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. In 1517, the brothers raided Capo Limiti and later the town of Isola di Capo Rizzuto in Calabria.

Aruj Barbarossa made conquests in the eastern lands of Morocco, in 1518 he conquered and garrisoned Oujda and Tibda, he submitted the Beni Amer and Beni Snassen and imposed a tribute on them.^[21]^[22] He entered negotiations and concluded an alliance with the sultan of Morocco who was extremely frightened by the progress of the Turks.^[22]

Final engagements and death of Aruj and Ishak

The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed as the new ruler of Tlemcen and Oran, to attack Aruj by land, but Aruj learned of the plan and pre-emptively struck against Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan during the Fall of Tlemcen in 1518. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance.

In May 1518, Emperor Charles V arrived at Oran and was received there by Sheikh Buhammud and the Spanish governor of the city, Diego de Córdoba, Marquess of Comares, who commanded a force of 10,000 Spanish soldiers. Joined by thousands of Bedouins, the Spaniards marched overland on Tlemcen where Aruj and Ishak awaited them with 1,500 levents soldiers and 5,000 Moorish soldiers. Aruj Barbarossa , who obtained Tlemcen in the east of Algeria , under the domination of Spain , defended the places he had won against the Tlemcen emir, who received help from the Spaniards. He defended his lands for six months. Betrayed by the natives, he tried to break through the enemy siege to return to Algiers.

He broke through the enemy and crossed the river with some of his levents. However, about twenty levents (sailors) remained on the enemy's side. Aruj Barbarossa, knowing that he had no hope of salvation, plunged into his enemies again in order not to leave his levents alone. While trying to cross the river, most of his levents died. One-armed Aruj Barbarossa died as a result of the spear wound he received after seeing the last levent next to him die.

The Spaniards, who wanted to prove the death of Aruj Barbarossa to the King of Spain, cut off the head of the corpse and put it in a bag full of honey and took it to Spain. The reason they did this was because the Spaniards, who had clashed with Aruj Barbarossa many times, reported to the Spanish King that they had killed him, but none of this turned out to be true.^[16]^[17]

The last remaining brother, Hızır (Hayreddin Barbarossa), inherited his brother's place, his name (Barbarossa) and his mission and became the most powerful and famous Ottoman admiral by securing the Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean Sea during the 16th century.

Legacy

Aruj established the Ottoman presence in North Africa which lasted four centuries, de facto until the loss of Algeria to France in 1830, of Tunisia to France in 1881, of Libya to Italy in 1912.

Three submarines (TCG Oruç Reis, TCG Oruçreis (S-337) and TCG Oruçreis (RAD-14)) of the Turkish Navy have been named after Aruj.

In 2018, a statue of Aruj Barbarossa was inaugurated in Aïn Témouchent, Algeria.^[23]

References

^ "World Monument Photography". worldmonumentphotos.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
^ Cervantes y su mundo, Eva Reichenberger, page 134, 2005
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, page 147, 1963
^ Islam in the Balkans: religion and society between Europe and the Arab world, H. T. Norris, page 201, 1993
^ Piri Reis & Turkish mapmaking after Columbus: the Khalili Portolan atlas, Svatopluk Soucek, Muʾassasat Nūr al-Ḥusayn, page 11, 1996
^ Kiel, Machiel (2007). The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th–18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents. ASCSA. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-87661-540-9. Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (son of a Turkish sipahi [fief-holder in the cavalry service]) from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia and a Greek woman from Lesvos/Mytilini... {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.
^
* İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971.
- "Barbarossa", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963, p. 147. "Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos."
- Angus Konstam, Piracy: The Complete History, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0, p. 80.
^ ^a ^b Bozbora, Nuray (1997), Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi, p. 16
^ Holm, Bent; Rasmussen, Mikael Bøgh (2021). Imagined, Embodied and Actual Turks in Early Modern Europe. Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-99012-125-2. Hisir was the later Ottoman Chief Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. His profile almost exactly matches that of the numerous anonymous Christian and convert sailors just mentioned. His mother was Greek, and his father was a convert from the Albanian lands who had fought in the Sultan's armies.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol 1, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1972, p. 147.
^ Hayreddin Barbarossa, who would rise to become the ruler of Algiers, and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, was of Greek origin and got his start raiding the southern and western shores of Anatolia on behalf of Korkud, son of Bayezid..., Virginia H. Aksan & Daniel Goffman, The early modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2007; ISBN 978-0-521-81764-6, p. 106.
^ Their father was former Muslim soldier, probably from a recent converted family of the European Provinces. Their mother is said to have been the widow of a Greek priest., Frank Ronald Charles Bagley et al., The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World, Brill Academic Publishers, 1997, p. 114.
^ ...to the service in the Ottoman fleets of skilled Greek mariners or the celebrated coalition with the deys of the Barbary Coast, the most celebrated of whom was Hayreddin Barbarossa Pasha., Daniel Goffman, The Ottoman Empire and Early modern Europe, Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-0-521-45908-2, p. 145.
^ Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, p.548, Andreas Rieger, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1994
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bostan, İdrıs (2007). Oruç Reis - An article published in 33rd Volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 33. Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 426–428. ISBN 979-97-53-89455-4. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Gazavat-ı Hayrettin Paşa (PDF) (in Turkish), Tercüman Kitapçılık, 1973, pp. 39–52
^ Konstam, Angus (2016-08-25). The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472815446.
^ "Mallorca Days Out | Famous People, Structures, Events and Organisations | Watchtowers & Pirates". www.mallorcadaysout.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
^ Roberts, Hugh (2014-08-30). Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781845112516.
^ de Grammont, Henri-Delmas. "Chapitre Deuxième-Les Barberousse et la fondation de l’Odjeac." Histoire du Maghreb (2002): 41-46.
^ ^a ^b Öztuna, Yılmaz. Yavuz Sultan Selim. Vol. 12. Ötüken Neşriyat AŞ, 2006.
^ "Ottoman sailor's monument inaugurated in Algeria". aa.com. 21 November 2018.

Sources

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E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, London, 1910
Bono, Salvatore: Corsari nel Mediterraneo (Corsairs in the Mediterranean), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993.
Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book.
Bradford, Ernle, The Sultan's Admiral: The life of Barbarossa, London, 1968.
Wolf, John B., The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks, New York, 1979; ISBN 0-393-01205-0
The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.
Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in Turkish. Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy (in Turkish)
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External links

An article on the Barbarossa brothers
Another article on the Barbarossa brothers
Encyclopedia of the Orient Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
Biography of Aruj

[1] "World Monument Photography". worldmonumentphotos.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

[2] Cervantes y su mundo, Eva Reichenberger, page 134, 2005

[3] Encyclopædia Britannica, page 147, 1963

[4] Islam in the Balkans: religion and society between Europe and the Arab world, H. T. Norris, page 201, 1993

[5] Piri Reis & Turkish mapmaking after Columbus: the Khalili Portolan atlas, Svatopluk Soucek, Muʾassasat Nūr al-Ḥusayn, page 11, 1996

[Kiel-6] Kiel, Machiel (2007). The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th–18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents. ASCSA. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-0-87661-540-9. Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (son of a Turkish sipahi [fief-holder in the cavalry service]) from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia and a Greek woman from Lesvos/Mytilini... {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[:1-7] Jamieson, Alan G. (2013). Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs. Canada: Reaktion Books. p. 59. ISBN 978-1861899460. Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk.

[8] * İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971.
"Barbarossa", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963, p. 147. "Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos."

Angus Konstam, Piracy: The Complete History, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0, p. 80.

[9] "Barbarossa", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963, p. 147. "Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos."

[10] Angus Konstam, Piracy: The Complete History, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0, p. 80.

[auto-9] Bozbora, Nuray (1997), Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi, p. 16

[:3-10] Holm, Bent; Rasmussen, Mikael Bøgh (2021). Imagined, Embodied and Actual Turks in Early Modern Europe. Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 16. ISBN 978-3-99012-125-2. Hisir was the later Ottoman Chief Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. His profile almost exactly matches that of the numerous anonymous Christian and convert sailors just mentioned. His mother was Greek, and his father was a convert from the Albanian lands who had fought in the Sultan's armies.

[11] Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol 1, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1972, p. 147.

[12] Hayreddin Barbarossa, who would rise to become the ruler of Algiers, and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, was of Greek origin and got his start raiding the southern and western shores of Anatolia on behalf of Korkud, son of Bayezid..., Virginia H. Aksan & Daniel Goffman, The early modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire, Cambridge University Press, 2007; ISBN 978-0-521-81764-6, p. 106.

[13] Their father was former Muslim soldier, probably from a recent converted family of the European Provinces. Their mother is said to have been the widow of a Greek priest., Frank Ronald Charles Bagley et al., The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World, Brill Academic Publishers, 1997, p. 114.

[14] ...to the service in the Ottoman fleets of skilled Greek mariners or the celebrated coalition with the deys of the Barbary Coast, the most celebrated of whom was Hayreddin Barbarossa Pasha., Daniel Goffman, The Ottoman Empire and Early modern Europe, Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-0-521-45908-2, p. 145.

[auto1-15] Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, p.548, Andreas Rieger, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1994

[İA-16] Bostan, İdrıs (2007). Oruç Reis - An article published in 33rd Volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 33. Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 426–428. ISBN 979-97-53-89455-4. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[İ3-17] Gazavat-ı Hayrettin Paşa (PDF) (in Turkish), Tercüman Kitapçılık, 1973, pp. 39–52

[18] Konstam, Angus (2016-08-25). The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472815446.

[19] "Mallorca Days Out | Famous People, Structures, Events and Organisations | Watchtowers & Pirates". www.mallorcadaysout.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

[20] Roberts, Hugh (2014-08-30). Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781845112516.

[21] Grammont, Henri-Delmas. "Chapitre Deuxième-Les Barberousse et la fondation de l’Odjeac." Histoire du Maghreb (2002): 41-46.

[Oztuna-22] Öztuna, Yılmaz. Yavuz Sultan Selim. Vol. 12. Ötüken Neşriyat AŞ, 2006.

[23] "Ottoman sailor's monument inaugurated in Algeria". aa.com. 21 November 2018.

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+'''Aruj Barbarossa''' ({{c.}} 1474 – 1518), known as '''Oruç Reis''' ({{langx|ar|عروج بربروس}}) to the Turks, was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Barbary corsair|corsair]] who became [[Sultan]] of [[Algiers]]. The elder brother of the famous [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] admiral [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli ([[Lesbos]] in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the [[Spain|Spanish]] at [[Tlemcen]].
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 His father, [[Yakup Ağa]], was an Ottoman official<ref>Cervantes y su mundo, Eva Reichenberger, page 134, 2005</ref><ref>Encyclopædia Britannica, page 147, 1963</ref><ref>Islam in the Balkans: religion and society between Europe and the Arab world, H. T. Norris, page 201, 1993</ref><ref>Piri Reis & Turkish mapmaking after Columbus: the Khalili Portolan atlas, Svatopluk Soucek, Muʾassasat Nūr al-Ḥusayn, page 11, 1996</ref> of [[Turkish people|Turkish]]<ref name="Kiel">{{cite book|last=Kiel|first=Machiel|title=The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th–18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents|work=Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YoZlbnrH2SEC&pg=PA35|year=2007|publisher=ASCSA|isbn=978-0-87661-540-9|pages=35–36|quote=Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (son of a Turkish sipahi [fief-holder in the cavalry service]) from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia and a Greek woman from Lesvos/Mytilini...}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs|last=Jamieson|first=Alan G.|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2013|isbn=978-1861899460|location=Canada|pages=59|quote="Desperate to find some explanation for the sudden resurgence of Muslim sea power in the Mediterranean after centuries of Christian dominance, Christian commentators in the sixth century (and later) pointed to the supposed Christian roots of the greatest Barbary corsair commanders. It was a strange kind of comfort. The Barbarossas certainly had a Greek Christian mother, but it now seems certain their father was a Muslim Turk."}}</ref><ref>* İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, ''Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı'', pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971.
 * "Barbarossa", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1963, p. 147. "Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos."
-* Angus Konstam, ''Piracy: The Complete History'', Osprey Publishing, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-84603-240-0}}, p. 80.</ref> or [[Albanians|Albanian]] descent.<ref name="auto">{{citation |last=Bozbora|first=Nuray|year=1997|title=Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi|page=16}}</ref><ref name="Capponi2007">{{cite book|author=Niccolo Capponi|title=Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byItAQAAIAAJ|date=27 March 2007|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-81544-7|page=30|quote=Born in Mytilene around 1466 to a family of Albanian origin, Hayreddin, then called Hizir, had become a corsair with his older brother Arouj at an early age}}</ref><ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Vol 1, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1972, p. 147.</ref> Yakup Ağa took part in the Ottoman conquest of [[Lesbos]] (Midilli) from the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] in 1462, and as a reward, was granted the fief of the Bonova village in the island. He married a local [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantine Greek]] Christian woman (from [[Mytilene]]), named Katerina, who was the widow of an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] priest.<ref name="auto"/><ref>''Hayreddin Barbarossa, who would rise to become the ruler of Algiers, and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, was of Greek origin and got his start raiding the southern and western shores of Anatolia on behalf of Korkud, son of Bayezid...'', Virginia H. Aksan & Daniel Goffman, ''The early modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 2007; {{ISBN|978-0-521-81764-6}}, p. 106.</ref><ref>''Their father was former Muslim soldier, probably from a recent converted family of the European Provinces. Their mother is said to have been the widow of a Greek priest.'', Frank Ronald Charles Bagley et al., ''The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World'', Brill Academic Publishers, 1997, p. 114.</ref><ref>''...to the service in the Ottoman fleets of skilled Greek mariners or the celebrated coalition with the deys of the Barbary Coast, the most celebrated of whom was Hayreddin Barbarossa Pasha.'', Daniel Goffman, ''The Ottoman Empire and Early modern Europe'', Cambridge University Press; {{ISBN|978-0-521-45908-2}}, p. 145.</ref><ref name="auto1">Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, p.548, Andreas Rieger, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1994</ref>
+* Angus Konstam, ''Piracy: The Complete History'', Osprey Publishing, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-84603-240-0}}, p. 80.</ref> or [[Albanians|Albanian]]<ref name="auto">{{citation |last=Bozbora|first=Nuray|year=1997|title=Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi|page=16}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Holm |first1=Bent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqY5EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |title=Imagined, Embodied and Actual Turks in Early Modern Europe |last2=Rasmussen |first2=Mikael Bøgh |date=2021 |publisher=Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag |isbn=978-3-99012-125-2 |pages=16 |language=en |quote=Hisir was the later Ottoman Chief Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. His profile almost exactly matches that of the numerous anonymous Christian and convert sailors just mentioned. His mother was Greek, and his father was a convert from the Albanian lands who had fought in the Sultan's armies.}}</ref><ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Vol 1, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1972, p. 147.</ref> descent. Yakup Ağa took part in the Ottoman conquest of [[Lesbos]] (Midilli) from the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] in 1462, and as a reward, was granted the fief of the Bonova village in the island. He married a local Christian [[Greeks|Greek]] woman (from [[Mytilene]]), named Katerina, who was the widow of an [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] priest.<ref name="auto"/><ref>''Hayreddin Barbarossa, who would rise to become the ruler of Algiers, and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, was of Greek origin and got his start raiding the southern and western shores of Anatolia on behalf of Korkud, son of Bayezid...'', Virginia H. Aksan & Daniel Goffman, ''The early modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire'', Cambridge University Press, 2007; {{ISBN|978-0-521-81764-6}}, p. 106.</ref><ref>''Their father was former Muslim soldier, probably from a recent converted family of the European Provinces. Their mother is said to have been the widow of a Greek priest.'', Frank Ronald Charles Bagley et al., ''The Last Great Muslim Empires: History of the Muslim World'', Brill Academic Publishers, 1997, p. 114.</ref><ref>''...to the service in the Ottoman fleets of skilled Greek mariners or the celebrated coalition with the deys of the Barbary Coast, the most celebrated of whom was Hayreddin Barbarossa Pasha.'', Daniel Goffman, ''The Ottoman Empire and Early modern Europe'', Cambridge University Press; {{ISBN|978-0-521-45908-2}}, p. 145.</ref><ref name="auto1">Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, p.548, Andreas Rieger, Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1994</ref>
-They had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, Oruç, [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Hızır]] and Ilyas. Yakup became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products. The four sons helped their father with his business, but not much is known about the daughters. At first Oruç helped with the boat, while Hızır helped with pottery.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
+They had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, Aruj, [[Hayreddin Barbarossa|Hızır]] and Ilyas. Yakup became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products. The four sons helped their father with his business, but not much is known about the daughters. At first Aruj helped with the boat, while Hızır helped with pottery.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
 ==Early career==
-All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. Oruç was the first brother to be involved in seamanship, soon joined by the youngest brother Ilyas. Hızır initially helped their father in the pottery business, but later obtained a ship of his own and also began a career at sea. Ishak, the eldest, remained on Mytilene and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business. The other three brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned [[privateers]] in the Mediterranean, counteracting the privateering of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] of the Island of [[Rhodes]].<ref name="İA"/> Oruç and Ilyas operated in the [[Levant]], between [[Anatolia]], [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]], while Hızır operated in the [[Aegean Sea]] and based his operations mostly in Thessaloniki.
+All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. Aruj was the first brother to be involved in seamanship, soon joined by the youngest brother Ilyas. Hızır initially helped their father in the pottery business, but later obtained a ship of his own and also began a career at sea. Ishak, the eldest, remained on Mytilene and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business. The other three brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned [[privateers]] in the Mediterranean, counteracting the privateering of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] of the Island of [[Rhodes]].<ref name="İA"/> Aruj and Ilyas operated in the [[Levant]], between [[Anatolia]], [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]], while Hızır operated in the [[Aegean Sea]] and based his operations mostly in Thessaloniki.
-Oruç was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Arabic]] in the early years of his career. During a trading expedition in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], he and Ilyas were attacked by a galley of the Knights Hospitaller. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Oruç was wounded.<ref name="İA">{{cite book |last1=Bostan |first1=İdrıs |title=Oruç Reis - An article published in 33rd Volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam |date=2007 |publisher=[[TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi]] |location=Istanbul |isbn=979-97-53-89455-4 |pages=426–428 |volume=33 |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/oruc-reis |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=tr}}</ref> Their father's boat was captured, and Oruç was taken prisoner and detained in the Knights' [[Bodrum Castle]] for nearly three years. Hizir tried to help Oruc by ransoming but failed and Oruc was tortured for the first few years of captivity and later he worked as a slave on the Rhodes Ship which transported prisoners and One Night when the Condition were favorable he managed to escape from the ship and was able to flee to a village where he lived for ten days and later he joined Captain Ali.
+Aruj was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]], [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Arabic]] in the early years of his career. During a trading expedition in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], he and Ilyas were attacked by a galley of the Knights Hospitaller. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Aruj was wounded.<ref name="İA">{{cite book |last1=Bostan |first1=İdrıs |title=Oruç Reis - An article published in 33rd Volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam |date=2007 |publisher=[[TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi]] |location=Istanbul |isbn=979-97-53-89455-4 |pages=426–428 |volume=33 |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/oruc-reis |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=tr}}</ref> Their father's boat was captured, and Aruj was taken prisoner and detained in the Knights' [[Bodrum Castle]] for nearly three years. Hizir tried to help Oruc by ransoming but failed and Oruc was tortured for the first few years of captivity and later he worked as a slave on the Rhodes Ship which transported prisoners. One night when conditions were favorable{{clarify|what conditions?|date=September 2023}} he managed to escape from the ship and was able to flee to a village where he lived for ten days. Later he joined Captain Ali.{{who?|date=September 2023}}
 <ref name="İ3">{{citation|title=Gazavat-ı Hayrettin Paşa|date=1973 |publisher=Tercüman Kitapçılık |pages=39–52 |url=https://www.pdfdrive.com/download.pdf?id=117491004&h=4770484447254f96e9c31cb44f207c7f&u=cache&ext=pdf |language=tr}}</ref>
-==Oruç the corsair==
+==Aruj the corsair==
-[[Image:Oruc Reis captures a galley.jpg|thumb|left|Oruç captures a galley]]
+[[Image:Oruc Reis captures a galley.jpg|thumb|left|Aruj captures a galley]]
-Oruç later went to [[Antalya]], where he was given 18 galleys by [[Şehzade Korkut]], an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] prince and governor of the city, and charged with fighting against the [[Knights Hospitaller]] who inflicted serious damage on Ottoman shipping and trade.<ref name="İA"/>
+Aruj later went to [[Antalya]], where he was given 18 galleys by [[Şehzade Korkut]], an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] prince and governor of the city, and charged with fighting against the [[Knights Hospitaller]] who inflicted serious damage on Ottoman shipping and trade.<ref name="İA"/>
-In the following years, when [[Şehzade Korkut]] became governor of [[Manisa]], he gave Oruç a larger fleet of 24 galleys at the port of [[İzmir]] and ordered him to participate in the Ottoman naval expedition to [[Apulia]] in the [[Kingdom of Naples]], where Oruç bombarded several coastal forts and captured two ships. On his way back to Lesbos, he stopped at [[Euboea]] and captured three galleons and another ship. He then attacked several islands of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] and captured many of their small vessel ships. Reaching [[Mytilene]] with these captured vessels, Oruç learned that [[Şehzade Korkut]], brother of the new Ottoman sultan, had fled to [[Egypt]] to avoid being killed over a succession dispute; a common practice at that time in the House of Osman. Fearing trouble due to his well-known association with the Ottoman prince in exile, Oruç sailed to Egypt where he met [[Şehzade Korkut]] in [[Cairo]] and managed to get an audience with the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk]] Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri|Qansuh al-Ghawri]], who gave him another ship and charged him to raid the coasts of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean that were controlled by [[Christians|Christian]] powers. After passing the winter in Cairo, he set sail from [[Alexandria]] and operated along the coasts of [[Liguria]] and [[Sicily]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
+In the following years, when [[Şehzade Korkut]] became governor of [[Manisa]], he gave Aruj a larger fleet of 24 galleys at the port of [[İzmir]] and ordered him to participate in the Ottoman naval expedition to [[Apulia]] in the [[Kingdom of Naples]], where Aruj bombarded several coastal forts and captured two ships. On his way back to Lesbos, he stopped at [[Euboea]] and captured three galleons and another ship. He then attacked several islands of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] and captured many of their small vessel ships. Reaching [[Mytilene]] with these captured vessels, Aruj learned that [[Şehzade Korkut]], brother of the new Ottoman sultan, had fled to [[Egypt]] to avoid being killed over a succession dispute; a common practice at that time in the House of Osman. Fearing trouble due to his well-known association with the Ottoman prince in exile, Aruj sailed to Egypt where he met [[Şehzade Korkut]] in [[Cairo]] and managed to get an audience with the [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk]] Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri|Qansuh al-Ghawri]], who gave him another ship and charged him to raid the coasts of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean that were controlled by [[Christians|Christian]] powers. After passing the winter in Cairo, he set sail from [[Alexandria]] and operated along the coasts of [[Liguria]] and [[Sicily]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
-In 1503, Oruç managed to seize three more ships and made the island of [[Djerba]] his new base, thus moving his operations to the Western Mediterranean. Hızır joined Oruç at Djerba. In 1504, the two brothers asked [[Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil]], [[Hafsid dynasty|Hhafsid]] [[caliph]] of [[Tunisia]], for permission to use the strategically located port of [[La Goulette]] for their operations. They were granted this right, with the condition of leaving one third of their booty to the sultan. {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
+In 1503, Aruj managed to seize three more ships and made the island of [[Djerba]] his new base, thus moving his operations to the Western Mediterranean. Hızır joined Aruj at Djerba. In 1504, the two brothers asked [[Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil]], [[Hafsid dynasty|Hafsid]] [[caliph]] of [[Tunisia]], for permission to use the strategically located port of [[La Goulette]] for their operations. They were granted this right, with the condition of leaving one third of their booty to the sultan. {{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
-Oruç, in command of small galliots, captured two much larger [[Papal States|Papal]] galleys near the island of [[Elba]]. Later, near [[Lipari]], the two brothers captured a [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicilian]] warship, the ''Cavalleria'', with 380 Spanish soldiers and 60 Spanish knights from [[Aragon]] on board, who were on their way from [[Spain]] to [[Naples]]. In 1505, they raided the coasts of [[Calabria]]. These accomplishments increased their fame and they were joined by a number of other well-known [[Islam|Muslim]] corsairs, including Kurtoğlu (known in the West as Curtogoli) a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] corsair from [[Kayseri]]. In 1508, they raided the coasts of [[Liguria]], particularly [[Diano Marina]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
+Aruj, in command of small galliots, captured two much larger [[Papal States|Papal]] galleys near the island of [[Elba]]. Later, near [[Lipari]], the two brothers captured a [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicilian]] warship, the ''Cavalleria'', with 380 Spanish soldiers and 60 Spanish knights from [[Aragon]] on board, who were on their way from [[Spain]] to [[Naples]]. In 1505, they raided the coasts of [[Calabria]]. These accomplishments increased their fame and they were joined by a number of other well-known [[Islam|Muslim]] corsairs, including Kurtoğlu (known in the West as Curtogoli) a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] corsair from [[Kayseri]]. In 1508, they raided the coasts of [[Liguria]], particularly [[Diano Marina]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
-In 1509, Ishak also left Mytilene and joined his brothers at La Goulette. The fame of Oruç increased when, between 1504 and 1510, he transported Muslims from Spain to North Africa. His helping the Muslims of Spain in need and transporting them to safer lands earned him the honorific name ''Baba Oruç'' (''Father Oruç''), which eventually—due to the similarity in sound—evolved in Spain, Italy and France into '''Barbarossa''' (''Redbeard'' in Italian).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
+In 1509, Ishak also left Mytilene and joined his brothers at La Goulette. The fame of Aruj increased when, between 1504 and 1510, he transported Muslims from Spain to North Africa. His helping the Muslims of Spain in need and transporting them to safer lands earned him the honorific name ''Baba Aruj'' (''Father Aruj''), which eventually—due to the similarity in sound—evolved in Spain, Italy and France into '''Barbarossa''' (''Redbeard'' in Italian).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
-In 1510, the three brothers raided Cape Passero in [[Sicily]] and repulsed a Spanish attack on [[Bejaia|Bougie]], [[Oran]] and [[Algiers]]. In August 1511, they raided the areas around [[Reggio Calabria]] in southern Italy. In August 1512, the exiled ruler of Bougie invited the brothers to drive out the Spaniards, and during the battle Oruç lost his left arm.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrShDAAAQBAJ&q=Oru%C3%A7+Reis+biography&pg=PA14|title=The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries|last=Konstam|first=Angus|date=2016-08-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472815446|language=en}}</ref> This incident earned him the nickname ''Gümüş Kol'' (''Silver Arm'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]), in reference to the [[silver]] [[prosthetic]] device which he used in place of his missing limb. Later that year the three brothers raided the coasts of [[Andalusia]] in Spain, capturing a galliot of the Lomellini family of [[Genoa]] who owned the [[Tabarca]] island in that area. They subsequently landed on [[Menorca]] and captured a coastal castle,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mallorcadaysout.com/watchtowers.html|title=Mallorca Days Out {{!}} Famous People, Structures, Events and Organisations {{!}} Watchtowers & Pirates|website=www.mallorcadaysout.com|access-date=2017-12-08}}</ref> and then headed towards [[Liguria]] and captured four Genoese galleys near Genoa. The Genoese sent a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers captured their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sailed back to La Goulette.
+In 1510, the three brothers raided Cape Passero in [[Sicily]] and repulsed a Spanish attack on [[Bejaia|Bougie]], [[Oran]] and [[Algiers]]. In August 1511, they raided the areas around [[Reggio Calabria]] in southern Italy. In August 1512, the exiled ruler of Bougie invited the brothers to drive out the Spaniards, and during the battle Aruj lost his left arm.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrShDAAAQBAJ&q=Oru%C3%A7+Reis+biography&pg=PA14|title=The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries|last=Konstam|first=Angus|date=2016-08-25|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472815446|language=en}}</ref> This incident earned him the nickname ''Gümüş Kol'' (''Silver Arm'' in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]), in reference to the [[silver]] [[prosthetic]] device which he used in place of his missing limb. Later that year the three brothers raided the coasts of [[Andalusia]] in Spain, capturing a galliot of the Lomellini family of [[Genoa]] who owned the [[Tabarca]] island in that area. They subsequently landed on [[Menorca]] and captured a coastal castle,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mallorcadaysout.com/watchtowers.html|title=Mallorca Days Out {{!}} Famous People, Structures, Events and Organisations {{!}} Watchtowers & Pirates|website=www.mallorcadaysout.com|access-date=2017-12-08|archive-date=2017-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930060200/http://www.mallorcadaysout.com/watchtowers.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then headed towards [[Liguria]] and captured four Genoese galleys near Genoa. The Genoese sent a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers captured their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sailed back to La Goulette.
-There they built three more galliots and a gunpowder production facility. In 1513, they captured four English ships on their way to France, raided [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] where they captured four more ships, and then headed for [[Alicante]] and captured a Spanish galley near [[Málaga]]. Between 1513 and 1514, the three brothers engaged Spanish squadrons on several other occasions and moved to their new base in [[Cherchell]], east of [[Algiers]]. In 1514, with 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, they destroyed two Spanish fortresses at [[Béjaïa|Bougie]], and when a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of [[Majorca]], arrived for assistance, they headed towards [[Ceuta]] and raided that city before capturing [[Jijel]] in Algeria, which was under Genoese control. They later captured [[Mahdiya]] in Tunisia. Afterwards they raided the coasts of [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]], the [[Balearic Islands]] and the Spanish mainland, capturing three large ships there. In 1515, they captured several galleons, a galley and three barques at [[Majorca]]. Still in 1515, Oruç sent precious gifts to the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim I]] who, in return, sent him two galleys and two swords embellished with diamonds. In 1516, joined by [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]], the brothers besieged the Castle of [[Elba]], before heading once more towards Liguria where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others.
+There they built three more galliots and a gunpowder production facility. In 1513, they captured four English ships on their way to France, raided [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]] where they captured four more ships, and then headed for [[Alicante]] and captured a Spanish galley near [[Málaga]]. Between 1513 and 1514, the three brothers engaged Spanish squadrons on several other occasions and moved to their new base in [[Cherchell]], west of [[Algiers]]. In 1514, with 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, they destroyed two Spanish fortresses at [[Béjaïa|Bougie]], and when a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of [[Majorca]], arrived for assistance, they headed towards [[Ceuta]] and raided that city before capturing [[Jijel]] in Algeria, which was under Genoese control. They later captured [[Mahdiya]] in Tunisia. Afterwards they raided the coasts of [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]], the [[Balearic Islands]] and the Spanish mainland, capturing three large ships there. In 1515, they captured several galleons, a galley and three barques at [[Majorca]]. Still in 1515, Aruj sent precious gifts to the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim I]] who, in return, sent him two galleys and two swords embellished with diamonds. In 1516, joined by [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]], the brothers besieged the Castle of [[Elba]], before heading once more towards Liguria where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others.
 ==Ruler of Algiers==
-In 1516 the three brothers succeeded in liberating [[Jijel]] and Algiers from the Spaniards, but eventually assumed control over the cities and surrounding region, forcing the previous ruler, Abu Hammu Musa III of the [[Zayyanid dynasty]], to flee.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0tlBAAAQBAJ&q=Barberousse&pg=PA157 | title=Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria| isbn=9781845112516| last1=Roberts| first1=Hugh| date=2014-08-30}}</ref> The local Spaniards in Algiers sought refuge in the island of [[Peñón]] near Algiers and asked Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], King of Spain, to intervene, but the Spanish fleet failed to force the brothers out of Algiers.
+In 1516 the three brothers succeeded in liberating [[Jijel]] and Algiers from the Spaniards, but eventually assumed control over the cities and surrounding region, forcing the previous ruler, Abu Hammu Musa III of the [[Zayyanid dynasty]], to flee.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0tlBAAAQBAJ&q=Barberousse&pg=PA157 | title=Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria| isbn=9781845112516| last1=Roberts| first1=Hugh| date=2014-08-30| publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}</ref> The local Spaniards in Algiers sought refuge in the [[Peñón of Algiers]] and asked Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], King of Spain, to intervene, but the Spanish fleet failed to force the brothers out of Algiers.
-After consolidating his power and declaring himself the new Sultan of Algiers, Oruç sought to enhance his territory inlands and took [[Miliana]], [[Médéa|Medea]] and [[Ténès]]. He became known for attaching sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. In 1517, the brothers raided Capo Limiti and later the [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto|Island of Capo Rizzuto]] in [[Calabria]].
+After consolidating his power and declaring himself the new Sultan of Algiers, Aruj sought to enhance his territory inlands and took [[Miliana]], [[Médéa|Medea]] and [[Ténès]]. He became known for attaching sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. In 1517, the brothers raided Capo Limiti and later the town of [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto]] in [[Calabria]].
-Oruç Reis made conquests in the eastern lands of Morocco, in 1518 he conquered and garrisoned [[Oujda]] and Tibda, he submitted the Beni Amer and Beni Snassen and imposed a tribute on them.<ref>de Grammont, Henri-Delmas. [https://www.cairn.info/histoire-d-alger-sous-la-domination-turque--2912946530-page-41.htm?contenu=resume "Chapitre Deuxième-Les Barberousse et la fondation de l’Odjeac."] Histoire du Maghreb (2002): 41-46.</ref><ref name=Oztuna>Öztuna, Yılmaz. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WndJDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT117&pg=PT117#v=onepage&q&f=false Yavuz Sultan Selim.] Vol. 12. Ötüken Neşriyat AŞ, 2006.</ref> He entered negotiations and concluded an alliance with the sultan of Morocco who was extremely frightened by the progress of the Turks.<ref name=Oztuna />
+Aruj Barbarossa made conquests in the eastern lands of Morocco, in 1518 he conquered and garrisoned [[Oujda]] and Tibda, he submitted the Beni Amer and Beni Snassen and imposed a tribute on them.<ref>de Grammont, Henri-Delmas. [https://www.cairn.info/histoire-d-alger-sous-la-domination-turque--2912946530-page-41.htm?contenu=resume "Chapitre Deuxième-Les Barberousse et la fondation de l’Odjeac."] Histoire du Maghreb (2002): 41-46.</ref><ref name=Oztuna>Öztuna, Yılmaz. [https://books.google.com/books?id=WndJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT117 Yavuz Sultan Selim.] Vol. 12. Ötüken Neşriyat AŞ, 2006.</ref> He entered negotiations and concluded an alliance with the sultan of Morocco who was extremely frightened by the progress of the Turks.<ref name=Oztuna />
-==Final engagements and death of Oruç and Ishak==
+==Final engagements and death of Aruj and Ishak==
-The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed as the new ruler of [[Kingdom of Tlemcen|Tlemcen]] and [[Oran]], to attack Oruç by land, but Oruç learned of the plan and pre-emptively struck against Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan during the [[Fall of Tlemcen (1518)|Fall of Tlemcen]] in 1518. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance.
+The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed as the new ruler of [[Kingdom of Tlemcen|Tlemcen]] and [[Oran]], to attack Aruj by land, but Aruj learned of the plan and pre-emptively struck against Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan during the [[Fall of Tlemcen (1518)|Fall of Tlemcen]] in 1518. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance.
-In May 1518, Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] arrived at Oran and was received there by Sheikh Buhammud and the Spanish governor of the city, [[Diego de Córdoba]], Marquess of Comares, who commanded a force of 10,000 Spanish soldiers. Joined by thousands of [[Bedouin]]s, the Spaniards marched overland on Tlemcen where Oruç and Ishak awaited them with 1,500 Ottoman soldiers and 5,000 Moorish soldiers.
+In May 1518, Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] arrived at Oran and was received there by Sheikh Buhammud and the Spanish governor of the city, [[Diego de Córdoba]], Marquess of Comares, who commanded a force of 10,000 Spanish soldiers. Joined by thousands of [[Bedouin]]s, the Spaniards marched overland on Tlemcen where Aruj and Ishak awaited them with 1,500 levents soldiers and 5,000 Moorish soldiers.
-Oruç Reis , who obtained [[Tlemcen]] in the east of Algeria , under the domination of Spain , defended the places he had won against the Tlemcen emir, who received help from the Spaniards. He defended his lands for six months. Betrayed by the natives, he tried to break through the enemy siege to return to Algeria.
+Aruj Barbarossa , who obtained [[Tlemcen]] in the east of Algeria , under the domination of Spain , defended the places he had won against the Tlemcen emir, who received help from the Spaniards. He defended his lands for six months. Betrayed by the natives, he tried to break through the enemy siege to return to Algiers.
-He broke through the enemy and crossed the river with some of his levents. However, about twenty levents (sailors) remained on the enemy's side. Oruç Reis, knowing that he had no hope of salvation, plunged into his enemies again in order not to leave his levents alone. While trying to cross the river, most of his levents died. One-armed Oruç Reis died as a result of the spear wound he received after seeing the last levent next to him die.
+He broke through the enemy and crossed the river with some of his levents. However, about twenty levents (sailors) remained on the enemy's side. Aruj Barbarossa, knowing that he had no hope of salvation, plunged into his enemies again in order not to leave his levents alone. While trying to cross the river, most of his levents died. One-armed Aruj Barbarossa died as a result of the spear wound he received after seeing the last levent next to him die.
-The Spaniards, who wanted to prove the death of Oruç Reis to the King of Spain, cut off the head of the corpse and put it in a bag full of honey and took it to Spain. The reason they did this was because the Spaniards, who had clashed with Oruç Reis many times, reported to the Spanish King that they had killed him, but none of this turned out to be true.<ref name="İ6">{{|title=ORUÇ REİS| |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/oruc-reis |language=tr}}</ref><ref name="İ3"/>
+The Spaniards, who wanted to prove the death of Aruj Barbarossa to the King of Spain, cut off the head of the corpse and put it in a bag full of honey and took it to Spain. The reason they did this was because the Spaniards, who had clashed with Aruj Barbarossa many times, reported to the Spanish King that they had killed him, but none of this turned out to be true.<ref name="İA" /><ref name="İ3"/>
 The last remaining brother, Hızır ([[Hayreddin Barbarossa]]), inherited his brother's place, his name (Barbarossa) and his mission and became the most powerful and famous Ottoman admiral by securing the Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean Sea during the 16th century.
 ==Legacy==
-[[File:MONUMENT BABA AROUDJ AINTEMOUCHENT.jpg|thumb|Oruç Reis statue in [[Aïn Témouchent]], Algeria]]
+[[File:MONUMENT BABA AROUDJ AINTEMOUCHENT.jpg|thumb|Aruj Barbarossa statue in [[Aïn Témouchent]], Algeria]]
-Oruç established the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] presence in North Africa which lasted four centuries, ''[[de facto]]'' until the loss of [[Algeria]] to France in 1830, of [[Tunisia]] to France in 1881, of [[Libya]] to Italy in 1912 and ''[[de jure]]'' until the official loss of [[Egypt]] and [[Sudan]] to the United Kingdom in 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the [[Central Powers]]. The [[Republic of Turkey]] officially renounced the remaining disputed Turkish rights in some territories of Egypt and Sudan with the [[Treaty of Lausanne]] in 1923.
+Aruj established the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] presence in North Africa which lasted four centuries, ''[[de facto]]'' until the loss of [[Algeria]] to France in 1830, of [[Tunisia]] to France in 1881, of [[Libya]] to Italy in 1912.
-Three submarines ([[HMS P611|TCG ''Oruç Reis'']], {{TCG|Oruçreis|S-337}} and {{TCG|Oruçreis|RAD-14}}) of the [[Turkish Navy]] have been named after Oruç.
+Three submarines ([[HMS P611|TCG ''Oruç Reis'']], {{TCG|Oruçreis|S-337}} and {{TCG|Oruçreis|RAD-14}}) of the [[Turkish Navy]] have been named after Aruj.
-In 2018, a statue of Oruç Reis was inaugurated in [[Aïn Témouchent]], Algeria.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ottoman-sailors-monument-inaugurated-in-algeria/1317082 |title=Ottoman sailor's monument inaugurated in Algeria |website=aa.com |date=21 November 2018 }}</ref>
+In 2018, a statue of Aruj Barbarossa was inaugurated in [[Aïn Témouchent]], Algeria.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ottoman-sailors-monument-inaugurated-in-algeria/1317082 |title=Ottoman sailor's monument inaugurated in Algeria |website=aa.com |date=21 November 2018 }}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 * Wolf, John B., ''The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks'', New York, 1979; {{ISBN|0-393-01205-0}}
 * [http://www.theottomans.org/english/chronology/index.asp# The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.]
-* [http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Kronoloji_Osmanl%FD_Tarihi Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in Turkish.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20121205074848/http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Kronoloji_Osmanl%FD_Tarihi |date=2012-12-05 }}
+* [http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Kronoloji_Osmanl%FD_Tarihi Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in Turkish.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121205074848/http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Kronoloji_Osmanl%FD_Tarihi |date=2012-12-05 }}
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090308030932/http://www.dzkk.tsk.mil.tr/TURKCE/tarihiMiras.asp?strAnaFrame=TarihiMiras&strIFrame=INDEX Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy (in Turkish)]
 * [https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Muhsin_Kad%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu_Glorious_Muslim_Admirals_Aruj_Oru%C3%A7?id=vUUIEAAAQBAJ]
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v t e Historical rulers of Algeria
Zayyanid rulers of the Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235–1556)	Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan Abu Said Uthman I Abu Zayyan I Abu Hammu I Abu Tashufin I Abu Said Uthman II Abu Thabid I Abu Hammu II Musa Abu Zayyan Muhammad II ibn Uthman Abu Tashufin II Abu Thabid II Abul Hadjdjadj I Abu Zayyan II Abu Muh I Abu Abdallah I Abd er Rahman I bin Abu Muh Said I bin Abu Tashufin Abu Malek I Abu Abdallah II Abu Abbas Ahmad I Abu Abdallah III Abu Tashufin III Abu Abdallah IV Abu Abdallah V Abu Hammu III Abu Muh II Abu Abdallah VI Abu Zayyan III Al Hassan ben Abu Muh
Ottoman governors of the Regency of Algiers (1517–1710)	Aruj Barbarossa Hayreddin Barbarossa Hasan Agha Hadji Pasha Hasan Pasha Khalifa Saffah Salah Rais Hasan Corso Muhammad Kurdogli Mehmed Tekkelerli Yusuf I Pasha Yahyia Pasha Hasan Khüsro Aga Ahmed Bostandji Ahmad Pasha Qabia Muhamad Pasha Uluç Ali Reis Mehmet Pasha Arab Ahmed Pasha Ramdan Pasha Hassan Veneziano Djafar Pasha Mami Muhammad Pasha Dali Ahmed Pasha Hızır Pasha Hadji Shaban Pasha Mustapha Pasha Daly Hassan Pasha Soliman Pasha Muhammad II the eunuch Mustapha II Pasha Rizvan Pasha Köse Mustafa Pacha Hasan IV Mustapha IV Pasha Soliman Katanya Kassan Kaid Koça Hizir Pasha Mustafa III Pasha Khüsrev Pacha Murat Pasha Hassan Khodja Yusuf II Pasha Ali Bitchin Mahmud Bursali Pacha Ahmed I Pasha Yusuf III Pasha Murad Pasha Buzenak-Muhammad Ahmed II Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Ismail Pasha Khalil Aga Ramadan Aga Shaban Aga Ali Aga Hadj Mohamed Dey Baba Hassan Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha Ahmed Sharban Hadji Ahmed ben al-Hadji Hassan Chaouch Hadji Mustapha Hussein Kodja Mohamed Bektach Deli Ibrahim
Deys of the Deylik of Algiers (1710–1830)	Ali I Muhammad III Abdy Pasha Mohammed Arslan Ibrahim III Ibrahim IV Muhammad IV Ali II Muhammad V Sidi Hassan Mustapha II Ahmed II Ali III Ali IV Mohammed Khaznadji Omar Agha Ali V Muhammad VI ben Ali Hussein Dey
Governors of French Algeria (1830–1962)	Louis-Auguste-Victor Bertrand Clauzel Pierre Berthezène Anne Jean Marie René Savary Théophile Voirol Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon Bertrand Clauzel Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont Sylvain Charles Valée Thomas Robert Bugeaud Louis Juchault de Lamoricière Marie Alphonse Bedeau Henri d'Orleans Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Nicolas Théodule Changarnier Viala Charon Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul Aimable Pélissier Jacques Louis Randon Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat Edmond-Charles de Martimprey Patrice de MacMahon François Louis Alfred Durrieu Jean Walsin-Esterhazy Henri-Gabriel Didier Charles de Bouzet Romuald Vuillermoz Alexis Lambert Louis Henri de Gueydon Antoine Chanzy Albert Grévy Louis Tirman Jules Cambon Auguste Loze Louis Lépine Édouard Laferrière Charles Jonnart Paul Révoil Maurice Varnier Charles Lutaud Jean-Baptiste Abel Théodore Steeg Henri Dubief Maurice Viollette Pierre Bordes Jules-Gaston Henri Carde Georges le Beau Jean-Marie Charles Abrial Maxime Weygand Yves-Charles Chatel Marcel-Edmond Peyrouton Georges Catroux Yves Chataigneau Marcel-Edmond Naegelen Roger Léonard Jacques Soustelle Georges Catroux Robert Lacoste André Mutter Raoul Salan Paul Albert Louis Delouvrier Jean Morin Christian Fouchet
Presidents of the Republic of Algeria (1962–present)	Abderrahmane Farès Ferhat Abbas Ahmed Ben Bella Houari Boumédiène Rabah Bitat Chadli Bendjedid Abdelmalek Benhabyles Mohamed Boudiaf Ali Kafi Liamine Zéroual Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelkader Bensalah Abdelmadjid Tebboune

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