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{{short description|16th-century Ottoman corsair and later admiral of the Ottoman navy}} |
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{{redirect|Barbaros|the Greek term ''barbaros, βαρβαρος''|Barbarian|the TV series|Barbaros (TV series)}} |
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{{About|the Ottoman admiral Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha|the Turkish research/survey vessel|RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa}} |
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{{About|the Ottoman admiral|the Turkish research vessel|RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa}} |
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{{Not to be confused with|Frederick Barbarossa}} |
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|name= Hayreddin Barbarossa |
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|birth_date={{circa}} 1478 |
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| name = Hayreddin Barbarossa |
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|death_date=4 July {{death year and age|1546|1478}} |
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| birth_date = {{circa}} 1478 |
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|image= Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha.jpg |
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| death_date = 4 July {{death year and age|1546|1478}} |
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|caption=Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha |
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| image = Hayreddin Barbarossa - Fine Art Museum Algiers.jpg |
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|nickname= Barbarossa<br />Red Beard<br />Hayreddin<br />Hızır Reis |
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| image_size = 200px |
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|type=[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Admiral]]<br />[[Privateer|Corsair]] |
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| caption = A portrait of Hayreddin Barbarossa |
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|birth_place =[[Midilli|Midilli (Lesbos)]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |
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| nickname = Barbarossa (Redbeard)<br />Hayreddin<br />Hızır Reis |
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|death_place =[[Istanbul|Constantinople (Istanbul)]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |
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| birth_place = [[Lesbos]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (modern [[Greece]]) |
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| death_place = [[Büyükdere, Sarıyer|Büyükdere]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (modern [[Turkey]]) |
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|branch = {{navy|Ottoman Empire}} |
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| allegiance = [[File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg|24px]] [[Ottoman Empire]] |
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|serviceyears = {{circa}} 1500–1545 |
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* {{flagicon|Regency of Algiers}} [[Regency of Algiers]] |
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|base of operations = Mediterranean |
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| branch = {{flagicon image|Fictitious Ottoman flag 4.svg}} [[Ottoman Navy]] |
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|rank=[[Admiral of the fleet|Büyük Amiral]] |
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| serviceyears = {{circa}} 1500–1545 |
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|commands= |
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| rank = [[Kapudan Pasha]] ([[Admiral of the fleet|Admiral]]) |
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| commands = |
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|wealth= |
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| battles = * [[Capture of Algiers (1516)]] |
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|laterwork= |
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* [[Algiers Expedition (1516)]] |
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* [[Algiers Expedition (1519)]] |
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* [[Sack of Mahón]] |
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* [[Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)]] |
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* [[Campaign of Cherchell (1531)]] |
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* [[Conquest of Tunis (1534)]] |
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* [[Battle of Preveza]] |
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* [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)]] |
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* [[Siege of Castelnuovo]] |
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* [[Siege of Nice]] |
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* [[Sack of Lipari]] |
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* [[Sack of Ischia (1544)|Sack of Ischia]] |
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| wealth = |
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| children = [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]] |
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| relations = [[Yakup Ağa]] (father)<br />Katerina (mother)<br />Ishak (brother)<br />[[Oruç Reis]] (brother)<br />Ilyas (brother) |
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'''Hayreddin Barbarossa''' ({{langx|ar|خير الدين بربروس|Khayr al-Dīn Barbarūs}}, original name: Khiḍr; {{langx|tr|Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa}}), also known as '''Hayreddin Pasha''', '''Hızır Hayrettin Pasha''', and simply '''Hızır Reis''' (c. 1466/1483<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Džaja |first1=Srećko M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjBpAAAAMAAJ |title=Austro-Turcica 1541-1552 |last2=Weiss |first2=Günter |last3=Nehring |first3=Karl |last4=Bernath |first4=Mathias |date=1995 |publisher=R. Oldenbourg |isbn=978-3-486-56167-8 |page=675 |language=de |quote=Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbarossa, Barbarrossa, Barbe Rubae) (1466/83 (?) – 1546).}}</ref> – 4 July 1546), was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Barbary pirates|corsair]] and later [[Kapudan Pasha|admiral]] of the [[Ottoman Navy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbarossa {{!}} Ottoman admiral|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kiel |first=Machiel |date=2018-12-01 |title=The Medrese and Imaret of Hayreddin Barbarossa on the Island of Lesbos/Midilli: A Little-known Aspect of the Cultural History of Sappho's Island Under the Ottomans (1462–1912) |url=https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_87886.html |journal=Shedet |language=en |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=162–176 |doi=10.21608/shedet.005.12 |issn=2536-9954|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Caprioli |first=Francesco |date=2021-10-11 |title=The "Sheep" and the "Lion": Charles V, Barbarossa, and Habsburg Diplomatic Practice in the Muslim Mediterranean (1534-1542) |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jemh/25/5/article-p392_2.xml |journal=Journal of Early Modern History |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=392–421 |doi=10.1163/15700658-bja10029 |s2cid=244626095 |issn=1385-3783}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Isom-Verhaaren |first=Christine |date=2007-08-01 |title="Barbarossa and His Army Who Came to Succor All of Us": Ottoman and French Views of Their Joint Campaign of 1543-1544 |url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/french-historical-studies/article/30/3/395/9569/Barbarossa-and-His-Army-Who-Came-to-Succor-All-of |journal=French Historical Studies |language=en |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=395–425 |doi=10.1215/00161071-2007-003 |issn=0016-1071}}</ref> Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the [[Mediterranean]] during the mid-16th century. |
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'''Hayreddin Barbarossa''', or '''Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha''' ({{lang-tr|Barbaros Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa}} or ''Hızır Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa''; also ''Hızır Reis'' before being promoted to the rank of [[Pasha]] and becoming the [[Kapudan Pasha]], born Khizr or Khidr, [[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Hızır''; c. 1478 – 4 July 1546), was an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[admiral of the fleet]] who was born in the Ottoman island of [[Midilli|Midilli (Lesbos)]] and died in [[Istanbul|Constantinople (Istanbul)]], the Ottoman capital. Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean during the mid 16th century, from the [[Battle of Preveza]] in 1538 until the [[Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571. |
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Born on [[Lesbos]], Khizr began his naval career as a corsair under his elder brother [[Oruç Reis]]. In 1516, the brothers [[Capture of Algiers (1516)|captured Algiers]] from Spain, with Oruç declaring himself Sultan. Following Oruç's death in 1518, Khizr inherited his brother's nickname, "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian). He also received the honorary name ''Hayreddin'' (from Arabic ''[[Khair ad-Din (disambiguation)|Khayr ad-Din]]'', "goodness of the faith" or "best of the faith"). In 1529, Barbarossa [[Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529)|took the Peñón of Algiers]] from the Spaniards. |
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''Hayreddin'' ([[Arabic]]: '''''Khayr ad-Din''''' خير الدين, which literally means "goodness" or "best of the religion" of [[Islam]]) was an honorary name given to him by Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. He became known as "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian) in Europe, a name he inherited from his elder brother [[Oruç Reis]] after Oruç was killed in a battle with the Spanish in Algeria. Oruç was also known as "Baba Oruç", which sounded like "Barbarossa" (Italian for "Redbeard") to the Europeans, and since Oruç did have a red beard, the nickname stuck. In a process of [[Reborrowing|linguistic reborrowing]], the nickname then stuck back to Hayreddin's native Turkish name, in the form ''Barbaros''. |
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In 1533, Barbarossa was appointed [[Kapudan Pasha]] (grand admiral) of the Ottoman Navy by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]]. He led an [[Ottoman embassy to France (1533)|embassy to France]] in the same year, [[Conquest of Tunis (1534)|conquered Tunis]] in 1534, achieved a decisive victory over the [[Holy League (1538)|Holy League]] at [[Battle of Preveza|Preveza]] in 1538, and conducted [[Franco-Ottoman alliance|joint campaigns with the French]] in the 1540s. Barbarossa retired to [[Istanbul|Constantinople]] in 1545 and died the following year. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Khizr was born sometime between 1466 and 1483<ref name=":2" /> in Palaiokipos, Midilini, in the Ottoman Empire (now [[Gera, Lesbos]]), a son of an Ottoman [[sipahi]] father, [[Yakup Ağa]],<ref name=TLGME>{{cite book|author1=H. J. Kissling|author2=F. R. C. Bagley|author3=N. Barbour |author4=Bertold Spuler |author5=J. S. Trimingham |author6=H. Braun |author7=H. Hartel |title=The Last Great Muslim Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AznJs58wtkC|year=1997|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-02104-3|page=114}}</ref> of [[Turkish people|Turkish]]<ref name="Kiel"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Jamieson|first=Alan G.|title=Lords of the Sea: A History of the Barbary Corsairs|publisher=Reaktion Books|year=2013|isbn=978-1861899460|location=Canada|page=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 name="Erkan"> |
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Khizr was born in the 1470s in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] island of [[Midilli|Midilli (Lesbos)]], in the village [[Gera, Greece|Palaiokipos]], to his father [[Yakup Ağa]] and to his mother Katerina.<ref name="Kiel"/> Khizr was [[Albanian people|Albanian]] by his father<ref>''Born in Mytilene around 1466 to a, Hayreddin, then called Hizir.'', Niccolò Capponi, ''Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto'', Da Capo Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81544-7, p. 30.</ref><ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Vol 1, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1972, p. 147.</ref><!--<ref name="IslamBalkan"/>---><ref>http://books.google.al/books?id=6CEtAQAAIAAJ&q=Hayreddin+Barbarossa+albanian&dq=Hayreddin+Barbarossa+albanian&hl=sq&sa=X&ei=FvYGVMTrFsSaygOr_IK4Dw&ved=0CA4Q6AEwATgK</ref><ref>http://books.google.al/books?id=KZ5wMwEACAAJ&dq=barbarosa+shqiptar&hl=sq&sa=X&ei=XfoGVKq3F6bnyQOyjoGQDQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBg, pp207 (Barbarossa, the Ottoman-Albanian admiral)</ref> and a [[Greek people|Greek]], by his mother.<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>''...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>Greek ? Or deys of the Barbary Coast ?---><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> His mother was referred as a local Christian Greek woman from Mytilene, the widow of an Orthodox priest.<ref>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> His father Yakup was referred as [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]<ref name="Kiel">''...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 Lesbos/Mytilini)...'', Machiel Kiel, "The Smaller Aegean Island in the 16th-18th Centuries According to Ottoman Administrative Documents" in Siriol Davies, Jack L. Davis, ''Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece'', ASCSA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-87661-540-9, p. 36.</ref><ref name="Britannica">''Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos.'', "Barbarossa", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1963, p. 147.</ref><ref name="Piracy">Angus Konstam, ''Piracy: The Complete History'', Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0, p. 80.</ref><!--The Turks: Ottomans, Hasan Celâl Güzel, Cem Oğuz, Osman Karatay, Murat Ocak, 2002, {{Page needed|date=June 2011}}---> of Albanian origin,<ref>http://books.google.al/books?id=DHg7QwAACAAJ&dq=te+jetosh+ne+ishull&hl=sq&sa=X&ei=XPsGVKyKDanmyQOc4YKYCg&ved=0CAoQ6AEwAA, pp 149-150. (Barbarossa was the son of Yakup Bey, a Albanian turned Turk)</ref><ref>https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Barbarossa</ref> as well as a former [[Sipahi]]<ref name="Feeding">''his father was the Ottoman Sipahi Yakup Ağa from Yenice-i Vardar in Macedonia, who settled on the island after the Ottoman conquest of 1462. In general, as the sources note, the new Turkish settlers married local Greek women.'', Nina Ergin, Christoph K. Neumann, ''Feeding People. Feeding Power: Imarets in the Ottoman Empire'', EREN, 2007, p. 98.</ref><!--whose family had its origins in [[Eceabat]] and [[Balkesir]], and later moved to the Ottoman city of Vardar, near Selanik.---><ref name="Piracy"/><!--"MuratOcak"---><ref name="Kiel"/> from Yenice-i Vardar (modern [[Giannitsa|Yannitsa]]).<ref name="Kiel"/> Yakup's family originated from Albanian community of [[Venice]],<ref>http://www.worldmonumentphotos.com/blog.php?articleID=20</ref> and he took part in the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos in 1462 from the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] [[Gattilusi|Gattilusio dynasty]] (who held the hereditary title of [[Lord of Lesbos]] between 1355 and 1462) and as a reward, was granted the fief of the Bonova village in the island. Yakup and Katerina were married<ref name="Kiel"/> and had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, [[Oruç Reis|Oruç]], Khizr 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 Khizr helped with pottery. |
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İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, ''Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı'', pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971.</ref><ref name="Britannica">''Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos.'', "Barbarossa", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1963, p. 147.</ref><ref name="Piracy"> |
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Angus Konstam, ''Piracy: The Complete History'', Osprey Publishing, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-84603-240-0}}, p. 80.</ref> or [[Albanians|Albanian]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Heers|first=Jacques|translator=Maria Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni|title=I barbareschi: corsari del Mediterraneo|publisher=Salerno|year=2003|isbn=8884024021|language=it|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hic_AQAAIAAJ|quote=Il padre dei Barbarossa, Jacob, un Albanese fatto prigioniero e convertitosi all'Islam, s'era stabilito a Mitilene;}}</ref><ref name=Bozbora> |
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{{cite book |last=Bozbora|first=Nuray|year=1997|title=Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi|page=16}}{{request quotation|date=April 2016}}</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 |page=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><!--The Turks: Ottomans, Hasan Celâl Güzel, Cem Oğuz, Osman Karatay, Murat Ocak, 2002, {{Page needed|tarih=June 2011}}---> origin from [[Giannitsa]] (now in [[Central Macedonia]], Greece), and a [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] mother of [[Greeks|Greek]] origin, Katerina, also from Lesbos,<ref name="Kiel">{{cite book|last=Kiel|first=Machiel|chapter=The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th–18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents|title=Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece|chapter-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=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Aksan |first1=Virginia H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eUW8DyaHuQC&pg=PA106 |title=The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire |last2=Goffman |first2=Daniel |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-81764-6 |page=106 |language=en |quote=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 II.}}</ref> the widow of a Greek Orthodox priest.<ref name=TLGME/><ref name=Bozbora/><ref>{{cite book|author=Andreas Rieger|title=Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDRtAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Klaus Schwarz Verlag|isbn=978-3-87997-223-4|page=548|language=german}}</ref> The couple married<ref name="Kiel"/> and had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, [[Oruç Reis|Oruç]], Khizr and Ilyas. Yakup had taken part in the [[Ottoman conquest of Lesbos]] in 1462 from the [[Republic of Genoa]]'s House of [[Gattilusio]], which held the hereditary title of Lord of Lesbos between 1355 and 1462, and as a reward was granted the fief of the village of Bonova on the island. He became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products with. |
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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 Khizr helped with the pottery.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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==Early career== |
==Early career== |
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[[File:Jeireddín Barbarroja, por Agostino Veneziano.jpg|thumb|[[Kapudan Pasha|Admiral of the fleet]] Hayreddin Barbarossa, engraving by [[Agostino Veneziano]] (c. 1490 – c. 1540)]] |
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[[File:BodrumCastlesoutheast.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bodrum Castle|Castle of St. Peter]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] in [[Bodrum]], where [[Oruç Reis|Oruç]] was held captive for nearly three years until he was saved by his younger brother Khizr.]] |
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All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. The first brother to become involved in seamanship was Oruç, who was joined by his brother Ilyas. Later, obtaining his own ship, Khizr also began his career at sea. The brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned [[privateers]] in the Mediterranean to counteract the privateering of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (Knights of St John) who were based on the island of [[Rhodes]] ([[Siege of Rhodes (1522)|until 1522]]). Oruç and Ilyas operated in the [[Levant]], between [[Anatolia]], Syria, and Egypt. Khizr operated in the [[Aegean Sea]] and based his operations mostly in [[Thessaloniki]]. Ishak, the eldest, remained on [[Mytilene]] and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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=== Death of Ilyas, captivity, and liberation of Oruç === |
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All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. The first brother to become involved in seamanship was Oruç, who was joined by his brother Ilyas. Later, obtaining his own ship, Khizr also began his career at sea. The brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned [[privateers]] in the Mediterranean to counteract the privateering of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (Knights of St. John) who were based in the island of [[Rhodes]]([[Siege of Rhodes (1522)|until 1522]]). Oruç and Ilyas operated in the [[Levant]], between [[Anatolia]], Syria, and Egypt. Khizr operated in the [[Aegean Sea]] and based his operations mostly in Thessaloniki. Ishak, the eldest, remained on [[Mytilene]] and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business. |
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Oruç was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, and Arabic early in his career. While returning from a trading expedition in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], with his younger brother, Ilyas, they were attacked by the Knights Hospitaller. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Oruç was wounded. Oruç rowed as a galley slave for the Order of Saint John for four years, until his father paid the ransom to release him.<ref>Andre Clot, "Suleiman The Magnificent", p. 101</ref> |
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===Oruç, the corsair=== |
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=== Death of Ilyas, captivity and liberation of Oruç === |
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Oruç 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 of St John, who were inflicting serious damage on Ottoman shipping and trade.<ref>https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/barbaros-hayreddin-pasa, paragraph 2</ref> In the following years, when 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 Italy, where Oruç bombarded several coastal castles and captured two ships.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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[[Oruç Reis|Oruç]] was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak Italian, Spanish, French, Greek and Arabic in the early years of his career. While returning from a trading expedition in [[Tripoli, Lebanon]], with his younger brother Ilyas, they were attacked by the Knights of St. John. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Oruç was wounded. Their father's boat was captured, and Oruç was taken as a prisoner and detained in the [[Bodrum Castle|Knights' castle]] at [[Bodrum]] for nearly three years. Upon learning the location of his brother, Khizr went to Bodrum and managed to help Oruç escape. |
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On his way back to Lesbos, he stopped at [[Euboea]] and captured three galleons and another ship. Reaching [[Mytilene]] with these captured vessels, Oruç learned that Korkut, who was the brother of the new Ottoman sultan [[Selim I]], had fled to Egypt to avoid being killed because of succession disputes – a common practice at that time.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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=== Oruç the corsair === |
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[[File:Arudsch-barbarossa.jpg|thumb|[[Oruç Reis]] was Hayreddin Barbarossa's elder brother.]] |
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Fearing trouble due to his well-known association with the exiled Ottoman prince, Oruç sailed to Egypt, where he met Korkut in [[Cairo]] and managed to get an audience with the [[Mamluk]] Sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri|Qansuh al-Ghawri]], who gave him another ship and entrusted him with the task of raiding the coasts of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean that were controlled by Christians.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} After spending the winter in Cairo, he set sail from [[Alexandria]] and frequently operated along the coasts of [[Liguria]] and [[Sicily]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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=== Khizr's career under Oruç === |
=== Khizr's career under Oruç === |
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[[File:Hayreddin Barbarossa.jpg|thumb|left|Western depiction of Hayreddin Barbarossa. His [[trident]] is meant as an allegory of sea-power. (Anon, 16th century).]] |
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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. Khizr joined Oruç at Djerba. In 1504, the brothers contacted Abu Abdullah Mohammed Hamis, Sultan of Tunisia from the [[Hafsid|Beni Hafs]] dynasty, and asked 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 gains to the sultan. 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 several other well-known Muslim corsairs, including [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]] (known in the West as Curtogoli). In 1508, they raided the coasts of Liguria, particularly [[Diano Marina]]. |
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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. Khizr joined Oruç at Djerba. In 1504, the brothers contacted [[Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil]], ruler of [[Tunis]], and asked permission to use the strategically located port of [[La Goulette]] for their operations.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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They were granted the right to do so on the condition of giving one-third of their spoils to the sultan. Oruç, in command of small [[galiot]]s, captured two much larger [[Papal States|papal]] [[galley]]s 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]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} These exploits increased their fame, and they were joined by several other well-known Muslim corsairs, including [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]] (known in the West as Curtogoli). In 1508, they raided the coasts of Liguria, particularly [[Diano Marina]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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[[File:Hayreddin Barbarossa.jpg|thumb|left|Western depiction of Hayreddin Barbarossa]] |
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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 Muslim [[Mudéjar]]s from Christian Spain to North Africa. His efforts of 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 the similarity in sound – evolved in Spain, France and Italy into Barbarossa (meaning "Redbeard" in Italian). |
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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 Muslim [[Mudéjar]]s from Christian Spain to North Africa. His efforts of 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, France, and Italy into Barbarossa (meaning "Redbeard" in [[Italian language|Italian]]).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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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. This incident earned him the nickname ''Gümüş Kol'' ("Silver Arm" in Turkish), in reference to the silver prosthetic device that 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 [[Minorca]] and captured a coastal castle and then headed towards Liguria, where they 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. |
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In 1510, the three brothers raided [[Capo Passero]] in Sicily and repulsed Spanish attacks 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. This incident earned him the nickname ''Gümüş Kol'' ("Silver Arm" in Turkish), in reference to the silver prosthetic device that he used in place of his missing limb.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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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]]. In 1513 and 1514, the three brothers engaged the Spanish fleet 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 Bougie, and when the 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 (Curtogoli)]], the brothers besieged the Castle of Elba, before heading once more towards Liguria, where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others. |
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Later that same year, the brothers raided the coasts of [[Andalusia]], capturing a galliot of the Lomellini family of [[Genoa]], which owned [[Tabarca]] island. They subsequently landed at [[Menorca]] and captured a coastal castle and then headed towards Liguria, where they captured four Genoese galleys near Genoa. The Genoese sent a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers captured their flagship as well.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sailed back to La Goulette, where they built three more galliots and a gunpowder production facility.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In 1513, they launched a raid on [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], where they captured four ships, and then headed for [[Alicante]] and captured a Spanish galley near [[Málaga]]. In 1513–14, the brothers engaged the Spanish fleet on several other occasions and moved to their new base to [[Cherchell]], east of Algiers. In 1514, with 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, they destroyed two Spanish fortresses at Bougie, and when the Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of [[Majorca]], arrived as reinforcement, they headed towards [[Ceuta]] and raided that city before capturing [[Jijel]] in Algeria, which was under Genoese control.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In 1515, they captured several galleons, a galley and three barques at [[Mallorca|Majorca]]. Still in 1515, Oruç sent precious gifts to the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim I]], who, in return, sent him two galleys and two swords encrusted with diamonds. In 1516, joined by [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu (Curtogoli)]], the brothers besieged the Castle of Elba, before heading once more towards Liguria, where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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===Rulers of Algiers=== |
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In 1516, the three brothers succeeded in capturing [[Jijel]] and Algiers from the Spaniards and eventually assumed control over the city and surrounding region, forcing the previous ruler, Abu Hamo Musa III of the Beni Ziyad dynasty, to flee.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} |
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The Spaniards of Algiers sought refuge on the island of [[Peñón of Algiers|Peñón]] and asked [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor]] to intervene, but the Spanish fleet failed to expel the brothers from Algiers.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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===Algiers joins the Ottoman Empire=== |
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After consolidating his power and declaring himself 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. |
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For Oruç, the best protection against Spain was to join the Ottoman Empire, his homeland and Spain's main rival. For this, he had to relinquish his title of Sultan of Algiers to the Ottomans. He did this in 1517 and offered Algiers to the Ottoman Sultan. The Sultan accepted Algiers as an Ottoman ''sanjak'' ("province"), appointed Oruç Governor of Algiers and Chief Sea Governor of the Western Mediterranean, and promised to support him with [[ |
For Oruç, the best protection against Spain was to join the Ottoman Empire, his homeland and Spain's main rival. For this, he had to relinquish his title of Sultan of Algiers to the Ottomans. He did this in 1517 and offered Algiers to the Ottoman Sultan [[Selim I]]. The Sultan accepted Algiers as an Ottoman ''[[sanjak]]'' ("province"), appointed Oruç Governor of Algiers and Chief Sea Governor of the Western Mediterranean, and promised to support him with [[Janissary|Janissaries]], galleys and cannon.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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=== Final engagements and death of Oruç and Ishak === |
=== Final engagements and death of Oruç and Ishak === |
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[[File:Barbaros minyatür.jpg|thumb|right|A portrait of Barbarossa by [[Haydar Reis]], {{circa|1540}}]] |
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The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed as the new ruler of [[Tlemcen]] and [[Oran]], to attack Oruç Reis from land, but Oruç learned of the plan and pre-emptively struck against Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan in the [[Fall of Tlemcen (1517)]]. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance. |
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The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed the new ruler of [[Tlemcen]] and [[Oran]], to attack Oruç Reis overland, but Oruç learned of the plan and pre-emptively attacked Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan in the [[Fall of Tlemcen (1518)|fall of Tlemcen]]. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance. |
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After consolidating his power and declaring himself Sultan of Algiers, Oruç sought to expand his territory inland and took [[Miliana]], [[Médéa|Medea]] and [[Ténès]]. He became known for fitting sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. In 1517, the brothers raided Capo Limiti, and, later, [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto|Capo Rizzuto, Calabria]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In May 1518, Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] arrived at [[Oran]] and was received at the port 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 local [[Bedouins]], the Spaniards marched overland towards Tlemcen. Oruç and Ishak awaited them in the city with 1,500 Turkish and 5,000 Moorish soldiers. They defended Tlemcen for 20 days, but were eventually killed in combat by the forces of Garcia de Tineo. |
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In May 1518, Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] arrived at [[Oran]] and was received at the port by Sheikh Buhammud and the Spanish governor of the city, [[Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, marqués de Comares|Diego de Córdoba]], marquis of Comares, who commanded a force of 10,000 Spanish soldiers. Joined by thousands of local [[Bedouins]], the Spaniards marched overland towards Tlemcen. Oruç and Ishak awaited them in the city with 1,500 Turkish and 5,000 Moorish soldiers. They defended Tlemcen for 20 days, but were eventually killed in combat by the forces of Garcia de Tineo.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} |
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Khizr Reis, now given the title of ''[[Beylerbey]]'' by Sultan [[Selim I]], along with janissaries, galleys and cannons, inherited his brother's place, his name (Barbarossa) and his mission. |
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After the death of his older brother and feeling that his position was under threat, Khizr contacted [[Selim I]], offered his allegiance and obtained Ottoman assistance in 1519.<ref name="Naylor">{{cite book|author=Phillip C. Naylor|title=North Africa A History from Antiquity to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1jfzkJTAZgC&pg=PA117|year=2009|publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77878-8|page=117}}</ref> Given the title of ''[[Beylerbey]]'' by Sultan Selim I, along with janissaries, galleys and cannon, he inherited his brother's position, his name (Barbarossa) and his mission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbarossa|title=Barbarossa {{!}} Ottoman admiral|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=7 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Later career== |
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===Pasha of Algiers=== |
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With a fresh force of Turkish soldiers sent by the [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]], Barbarossa recaptured [[Tlemcen]] in December 1518. He continued the policy of bringing [[mudéjar]]s from Spain to North Africa, thereby assuring himself of a sizable following of grateful and loyal Muslims who harbored an intense hatred for Spain. He captured [[Annaba|Bône]], and in 1519, he defeated a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers. In a separate incident, he sank a Spanish ship and captured eight others. Still in 1519, he raided [[Provence]], [[Toulon]] and the [[Îles d'Hyères]] in southern France. In 1521, he raided the [[Balearic Islands]] and later captured several Spanish ships returning from the [[New World]] off the coast of [[Cádiz]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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[[File:Hayreddin.JPG|thumb|Statue of Hayreddin Barbarossa next to the Dey's Fort in Algiers]] |
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With a fresh force of Turkish soldiers sent by the Ottoman sultan, Barbarossa recaptured Tlemcen in December 1518. He continued the policy of bringing [[Mudéjar]]s from Spain to North Africa, thereby assuring himself of a sizable following of grateful and loyal Muslims, who harbored an intense hatred for Spain. He captured [[Annaba|Bone]], and in 1519, he defeated a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers. In a separate incident, he sank a Spanish ship and captured eight others. Still in 1519, he raided [[Provence]], [[Toulon]] and the [[Îles d'Hyères]] in southern France. In 1521, he raided the Balearic Islands and later captured several Spanish ships returning from the [[New World]] off [[Cadiz]]. In 1522, he sent his ships, under the command of [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]], to participate in the Ottoman conquest of [[Rhodes]], which resulted in the departure of the Knights of St. John from that island on 1 January 1523. |
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In 1522, he sent his ships, under the command of [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis|Kurtoğlu]], to participate in the Ottoman conquest of [[Rhodes]], which resulted in the departure of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of St John]] from that island on 1 January 1523.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In June 1525, he raided the coasts of Sardinia. In May 1526, he landed at [[Crotone]] in Calabria and sacked the city, sank a Spanish galley and a Spanish [[fusta]] in the harbor, assaulted [[Castignano]] in Marche on the [[Adriatic Sea]] and later landed at Cape Spartivento. In June 1526, he landed at Reggio Calabria and later destroyed the fort at the port of [[Messina]]. He then appeared on the coasts of [[Tuscany]], but retreated after seeing the fleet of [[Andrea Doria]] and the Knights of St. John off the coast of [[Piombino]]. In July 1526, Barbarossa appeared once again in Messina and raided the coasts of [[Campania]]. In 1527, he raided many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain. |
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In June 1525, he raided the coasts of [[Sardinia]]. In May 1526, he landed at [[Crotone]] in [[Calabria]] and sacked the city, sank a Spanish galley and a Spanish [[fusta]] in the harbor, then assaulted [[Castignano]] in Marche on the [[Adriatic Sea]] and later landed at Cape Spartivento. In June 1526, he landed at [[Reggio Calabria]] and later destroyed the fort at the port of [[Messina]]. He then appeared on the coasts of [[Tuscany]], but retreated after seeing the fleet of [[Andrea Doria]] and the Knights of St John off the coast of [[Piombino]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In May 1529, he captured the Spanish fort on the island of [[Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera]] that controlled the north Moroccan coast. In August 1529, he attacked the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and later helped 70,000 [[Morisco]]s to escape from [[Andalusia]] in seven consecutive journeys. In January 1530, he again raided the coasts of Sicily and, in March and June of that year, the Balearic Islands and [[Marseilles]]. In July 1530, he appeared along the coasts of the Provence and Liguria, capturing two Genoese ships. In August 1530, he raided the coasts of Sardinia and, in October, appeared at Piombino, capturing a barque from [[Viareggio]] and three French galleons before capturing two more ships off Calabria. In December 1530, he captured the Castle of [[Cabrera, Balearic Islands|Cabrera]], in the Balearic Islands, and started to use the island as a logistic base for his operations in the area. |
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In July 1526, Barbarossa appeared once again in Messina and raided the coasts of [[Campania]]. In 1527, he raided many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain. In May 1529, he captured the Spanish fort on the island of [[Peñón of Algiers]]. In August 1529, he attacked the [[Mediterranean coast|Mediterranean]] coasts of Spain, and later, answering Andalusia's requests for help in crossing the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], he transported 70,000 [[mudéjar]]s to Algiers in seven consecutive journeys.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain: A Mediterranean Diaspora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2LPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA334|year= 2014|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-27935-3|page=334}}</ref> |
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In 1531, he encountered [[Andrea Doria]], who had been appointed by Charles V to recapture [[Jijel]] and [[Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera]], and repulsed the Spanish-Genoese fleet of 40 galleys. Still in 1531, he raided the island of [[Favignana]], where the flagship of the Maltese Knights under the command of Francesco Touchebeuf unsuccessfully attacked his fleet. Barbarossa then sailed eastwards and landed in Calabria and Apulia. On the way back to Algiers, he sank a ship of the Maltese Knights near Messina before assaulting [[Tripoli]], which had been given to the Knights of St. John by Charles V in 1530. In October 1531, he again raided the coasts of Spain. |
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In January 1530, he again raided the coasts of Sicily and, in March and June of that year, the Balearic Islands and Marseilles. In July 1530, he appeared along the coasts of the Provence and [[Liguria]], capturing two Genoese ships. In August 1530, he raided the coasts of Sardinia and, in October, appeared at [[Piombino]], capturing a [[barque]] from [[Viareggio]] and three French [[galleon]]s before capturing two more ships off Calabria. In December 1530, he captured the Castle of [[Cabrera, Balearic Islands|Cabrera]], in the Balearic Islands, and began to use the island as a logistic base for his operations on the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In 1532, during [[Suleiman I]]'s expedition to [[Austrian Empire|Habsburg Austria]], Andrea Doria captured [[Koroni|Coron]], [[Patras]] and [[Naupactus|Lepanto]] on the coasts of the [[Morea]] (Peloponnese). In response, Suleiman sent the forces of Yahya Pashazade Mehmed Bey, who recaptured these cities, but the event made Suleiman realize the importance of having a powerful commander at sea. He summoned Barbarossa to Constantinople, who set sail in August 1532. Having raided Sardinia, [[Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud|Bonifacio]] in Corsica, and the islands of [[Montecristo]], Elba and [[Lampedusa]], he captured 18 galleys near Messina and learned from the captured prisoners that Doria was headed to [[Preveza]]. Barbarossa proceeded to raid the nearby coasts of Calabria and then sailed towards Preveza. Doria's forces fled after a short battle, but only after Barbarossa had captured seven of their galleys. He arrived at Preveza with a total of 44 galleys, but sent 25 of them back to Algiers and headed to Constantinople with 19 ships. There, he was received by Sultan Suleiman at [[Topkapı Palace]]. Suleiman appointed Barbarossa ''[[Kapudan-i Derya]]'' ("Grand Admiral") of the Ottoman Navy and ''[[Beylerbey]]'' ("Chief Governor") of North Africa. Barbarossa was also given the government of the ''Sanjak'' ("province") of [[Rhodes]] and those of [[Euboea]] and [[Chios]] in the [[Aegean Sea]]. |
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In 1531, he encountered [[Andrea Doria]], who had been appointed by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] to recapture [[Jijel]] and the [[Peñón of Algiers]], and repulsed a Spanish-Genoese fleet of 40 galleys. Still in 1531, he raided the island of [[Favignana]], where the flagship of the Maltese Knights under the command of Francesco Touchebeuf unsuccessfully attacked his fleet. Barbarossa then sailed eastwards and landed in Calabria and Apulia. On the way back to Algiers, he sank a ship of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Maltese Knights]] near Messina before assaulting [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], which had been given to the Knights of St John by Charles V in 1530. In October 1531, he again raided the coasts of Spain.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He also pillaged the [[Îles d'Hyères]] during the same year.<ref>Faucherre, Nicolas. [https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo%200007-473x%201993%20num%20151%201%203343 "Louis XII, François Ier et la défense des côtes provençales."]{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bulletin Monumental 151, no. 1 (1993): 293–301.</ref> |
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====Diplomacy with France==== |
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In 1533, Barbarossa sent an embassy to the king of France, [[Francis I of France|Francis I]], the [[Ottoman embassy to France (1533)]]. Francis I would in turn dispatch [[Antonio Rincon]] to Barbarossa in North Africa and then to [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] in [[Asia Minor]].<ref name="Merriman140">[http://books.google.com/books?id=U09VIUxJkHwC&pg=RA1-PA135 ''Suleiman the Magnificent 1520–1566'' Roger Bigelow Merriman p.140]</ref> Following a second embassy, the [[Ottoman embassy to France (1534)]], Francis I sent his ambassador [[Jehan de la Forest]] to Hayreddin Barbarossa, asking for his naval support against the Habsburg: |
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In 1532, during [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman I]]'s expedition to [[Austrian Empire|Habsburg Austria]], Andrea Doria captured [[Koroni|Coron]], [[Patras]] and [[Naupactus|Lepanto]] on the coasts of the [[Morea]] (Peloponnese). In response, Suleiman sent the forces of Yahya Pashazade Mehmed Bey, who recaptured these cities, but the event made Suleiman realize the importance of having a powerful commander at sea. He summoned Barbarossa to Istanbul, who set sail in August 1532. Having raided Sardinia, [[Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud|Bonifacio]] in Corsica, and the islands of [[Montecristo]], Elba and [[Lampedusa]], he captured 18 galleys near Messina and learned from the captured prisoners that Doria was headed to [[Preveza]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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{{quotation|[[File:Military instructions to Jean de la Foret by Chancelier Antoine Duprat copy 11 February 1535.jpg|thumb|Military instructions to [[Jean de La Forêt]], by Chancelor [[Antoine Duprat]] (copy), 11 February 1535]]"[[Jehan de la Forest|Jean de la Forest]], whom the King sends to meet with the [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Grand Signor]] [Suleiman the Magnificent], will first go from [[Marseille]]s to [[Tunis]], in [[Barbary]], to meet sir ''Haradin'', king of [[Algiers]], who will direct him to the Grand Signor. To this objective, next summer, he [the King of France] will send the military force he is preparing to recover what it unjustly occupied by the [[Duke of Savoy]], and from there, to attack the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]]. This king [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] strongly prays sir ''Haradin'', who has a powerful naval force as well as a convenient location [Tunisia], to attack the island of [[Corsica]] and other lands, locations, cities, ships and subjects of [[Genoa]], and not to stop until they have accepted and recognized the king of France. The King, besides the above land force, will additionally help with his naval force, which will comprise at least 50 vessels, of which 30 [[galleys]], and the rest [[carracks|galeasses]] and other vessels, accompanied by one of the largest and most beautiful carracks that ever was on the sea. This fleet will accompany and escort the army of sir ''Haradin'', which will also be refreshed and supplied with food and ammunition by the King, who, by these actions, will be able to achieve his aims, for which he will be highly grateful to sir ''Haradin''".|Military instructions to [[Jean de La Forêt]], by Chancelor [[Antoine Duprat]], 11 February 1535.}} |
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Barbarossa proceeded to raid the nearby coasts of Calabria and then sailed towards Preveza. Doria's forces fled after a short battle, but only after Barbarossa had captured seven of their galleys. He arrived at Preveza with a total of 44 galleys, but sent 25 of them back to Algiers and headed to Constantinople with 19 ships. There, he was received by Sultan Suleiman at [[Topkapı Palace]]. Suleiman appointed Barbarossa ''[[Kapudan-i Derya]]'' ("Grand Admiral") of the Ottoman Navy and ''[[Beylerbey]]'' ("Chief Governor") of North Africa. Barbarossa was also given the government of the ''[[sanjak]]'' ("province") of [[Rhodes]] and those of [[Euboea]] and [[Chios]] in the [[Aegean Sea]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In 1533, Barbarossa sent an embassy to the king of France, [[Francis I of France|Francis I]], the [[Ottoman embassy to France (1533)]]. Francis I would in turn dispatch [[Antonio Rincon]] to Barbarossa in North Africa and then to [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] in [[Asia Minor]].<ref name="Merriman140">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U09VIUxJkHwC&pg=RA1-PA135|title=Suleiman the Magnificent 1520–1566|first=Roger Bigelow|last=Merriman|author1-link=R. B. Merriman|year= 2008|publisher=Read Books|isbn=978-1443731454|via=Google Books}}</ref> Following a second embassy, the [[Ottoman embassy to France (1534)]], Francis I sent his ambassador [[Jehan de la Forest]] to Hayreddin Barbarossa, asking for his naval support against the Habsburg:{{blockquote|[[File:Military instructions to Jean de la Foret by Chancelier Antoine Duprat copy 11 February 1535.jpg|thumb|Military instructions to [[Jehan de la Forest]], by Chancellor [[Antoine Duprat]] (copy), 11 February 1535]]"Jehan de la Forest, whom the King sends to meet with the [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Grand Signor]] [Suleiman the Magnificent], will first go from [[Marseille]]s to [[Tunis]], in [[Barbary]], to meet sir ''Haradin'', king of [[Algiers]], who will direct him to the Grand Signor. To this objective, next summer, he [the King of France] will send the military force he is preparing to recover what it unjustly occupied by the [[Duke of Savoy]], and from there, to attack the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]]. This king [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] strongly prays sir ''Haradin'', who has a powerful naval force as well as a convenient location [Tunisia], to attack the island of [[Corsica]] and other lands, locations, cities, ships and subjects of [[Genoa]], and not to stop until they have accepted and recognized the king of France. The King, besides the above land force, will additionally help with his naval force, which will comprise at least 50 vessels, of which 30 [[galley]]s, and the rest [[Galleass|galeasses]] and other vessels, accompanied by one of the largest and most beautiful carracks that ever was on the sea. This fleet will accompany and escort the army of sir ''Haradin'', which will also be refreshed and supplied with food and ammunition by the King, who, by these actions, will be able to achieve his aims, for which he will be highly grateful to sir ''Haradin''".|Military instructions to Jehan de la Forest, by Chancellor [[Antoine Duprat]], 11 February 1534.}} |
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=== Kapudan-i Derya of the Ottoman Navy === |
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[[File:Battle of Preveza (1538).jpg|thumb|Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeats the [[Holy League (1538)|Holy League]] of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] under the command of [[Andrea Doria]] at the [[Battle of Preveza]] in 1538]] |
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[[File:Wyspa Capri.JPG|thumb|[[Barbarossa's Castle]] on [[Capri]]. The Ottomans eventually departed from Capri, but another famous Ottoman admiral, [[Dragut]], recaptured both the island and the castle in 1553.]] |
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[[File:Barbaros Park Statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of Barbarossa near the [[Istanbul Naval Museum]] on the Bosphorus in Istanbul]] |
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In 1534, Barbarossa set sail from Constantinople with 80 galleys, and in April, he recaptured [[Koroni|Coron]], [[Patras]] and [[Naupaktos|Lepanto]] from the Spaniards. In July 1534, he crossed the [[Strait of Messina]] and raided the Calabrian coasts, capturing a substantial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of [[San Lucido]]. He later destroyed the port of [[Cetraro]] and the ships harbored there. |
In 1534, Barbarossa set sail from Constantinople with 80 galleys, and in April, he recaptured [[Koroni|Coron]], [[Patras]] and [[Naupaktos|Lepanto]] from the Spaniards. In July 1534, he crossed the [[Strait of Messina]] and raided the Calabrian coasts, capturing a substantial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of [[San Lucido]]. He later destroyed the port of [[Cetraro]] and the ships harbored there.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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Also in July 1534, he appeared in [[Campania]] and sacked the islands of Capri and [[Procida]] before bombarding the ports in the Gulf of [[Naples]], where 7,800 captives were taken.<ref name=Servantie>Servantie, Alain. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ts1xEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 "The Mediterranean Policy of Charles V."] A New World: Emperor Charles V and the Beginnings of Globalisation (2021): 83.</ref> He then appeared in [[Lazio]], shelled [[Gaeta]] and in August landed at [[Villa Santa Lucia]], [[Sperlonga]], [[Fondi]], [[Terracina]] and [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia]] on the River [[Tiber]], causing the church bells in Rome to sound the alarm. In [[Sperlonga]] he took 10,000 captives and when he arrived in Fondi the janissaries entered the city through the main gates and completely ransacked the palace of Giulia Gonzaga.<ref name=Servantie /><ref>Avallone, Tommaso. [https://books.google.com/books?id=K5XODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT37 Justified by Faith: The intriguing story of Giulia Gonzaga, Countess of Fondi.] Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2020.</ref> He then sacked, torched and destroyed [[Vallecorsa]] slaughtering some townspeople and taking others captive.<ref>Robin, Diana. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OxMIYXMYXc0C&dq=disembarked%20from%20their%20ships%20at%20the%20small%20port%20of%20Sperlonga%20near%20Naples&pg=PA17 Publishing Women: Salons, the Presses, and the Counter-Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy.] University of Chicago Press, 2007.</ref> He sailed south, appearing at [[Ponza]], Sicily and Sardinia, before [[Conquest of Tunis (1534)|capturing Tunis]] in August 1534 and sending the [[Hafsid dynasty|Hafsid]] Sultan [[Abu Abdallah Muhammad V al-Hasan|Mulay Hassan]] fleeing. |
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Charles then dispatched an agent to offer Barbarossa "the lordship of North Africa" for his changed loyalty, or if that failed, to assassinate him in the eve when he was drunk. However, upon rejecting the offer, Barbarossa decapitated him with his [[scimitar]].<ref name="kritzler59">{{cite book|title=Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean|pages=59–60|author=Kritzler, Edward|ISBN=978-0-7679-1952-4|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=Anchor|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z3M6xn93xYEC&pg=PT177&lpg=PT177&dq=%E2%96%A0Neil+Grant+-+Barbarossa,+the+Pirate+King&source=bl&ots=FGYvWB3dWb&sig=DuWeeT3w82hfjGjlcgcYV2no3tY&hl=en&ei=HyjTS-iRNISOswPk7tidCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%E2%96%A0%22the%20great%20jew%22&f=false|accessdate=2010-05-02}}</ref> |
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Charles dispatched an agent to offer Barbarossa "the lordship of North Africa" for his changed loyalty,<ref name="Caprioli2021">{{cite journal |last1=Caprioli |first1=Francesco |date=11 October 2021 |title=The "Sheep" and the "Lion": Charles V, Barbarossa, and Habsburg Diplomatic Practice in the Muslim Mediterranean (1534–1542) |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jemh/25/5/article-p392_2.xml |journal=Journal of Early Modern History |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=392–421 |doi=10.1163/15700658-bja10029 |s2cid=244626095 |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref> or if that failed, to assassinate him. However, upon rejecting the offer, Barbarossa decapitated the agent with a [[scimitar]].<ref name="kritzler59">{{cite book|title=Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean|pages=59–60|author=Kritzler, Edward|isbn=978-0-7679-1952-4|date=2009|publisher=Anchor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3M6xn93xYEC&pg=PT177}}</ref> |
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Mulei Hassan asked Emperor Charles V for assistance to recover his kingdom, and a Spanish-Italian force of 300 galleys and 24,000 soldiers recaptured Tunis as well as [[Bône|Bone]] and [[Mahdiya]] in 1535. Recognizing the futility of armed resistance, Barbarossa had abandoned Tunis well before the arrival of the invaders, sailing away into the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], where he bombarded ports, landed once again at Capri and reconstructed a fort (which still today carries his name) after largely destroying it during the siege of the island. He then sailed to Algiers, from where he raided the coastal towns of Spain, destroyed the ports of Majorca and Minorca, captured several Spanish and Genoese galleys and liberated their Muslim oar slaves. In September 1535, he repulsed another Spanish attack on [[Tlemcen]]. |
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Mulei Hassan asked Emperor Charles V for help in recovering his kingdom, and a Spanish-Italian force of 300 galleys and 24,000 soldiers [[Conquest of Tunis (1535)|recaptured Tunis]] as well as [[Bône]] and [[Mahdiya]] in 1535. Recognizing the futility of armed resistance, Barbarossa had abandoned Tunis well before the arrival of the invaders, sailing away into the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], where he bombarded ports, landed once again at [[Capri]] and reconstructed a fort (which still today carries his name) after largely destroying it during the siege of the island. He then sailed to Algiers, from where he raided the coastal towns of Spain, destroyed the ports of [[Majorca]] and [[Menorca]], captured several Spanish and Genoese galleys and liberated their Muslim oar slaves. In September 1535, he repulsed another Spanish attack on [[Tlemcen]]. |
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In 1536, Barbarossa was called back to Constantinople to take command of 200 ships in a naval attack on the [[Habsburg]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]. In July 1537, he landed at [[Otranto]] and captured the city, as well as the Fortress of [[Castro, Apulia|Castro]] and the city of [[Ugento]] in Apulia. |
In 1536, Barbarossa was called back to Constantinople to take command of 200 ships in a naval attack on the [[Habsburg]] [[Kingdom of Naples]]. In July 1537, he landed at [[Otranto]] and captured the city, as well as the Fortress of [[Castro, Apulia|Castro]] and the city of [[Ugento]] in Apulia. |
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In August 1537, [[Lütfi Pasha]] and Barbarossa led a huge Ottoman force that captured the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] and [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] islands belonging to the [[Republic of Venice]], namely [[Syros]], [[Aegina]], [[Ios (Island)|Ios]], [[Paros]], [[Tinos]], [[Karpathos]], [[Kasos]], [[Kythira]], and [[Naxos Island|Naxos]]. In the same year, Barbarossa raided [[Siege of Corfu (1537)|Corfu]] and obliterated the agricultural cultivations of the island while enslaving nearly all the population of the countryside.<ref> |
In August 1537, [[Lütfi Pasha]] and Barbarossa led a huge Ottoman force that captured the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] and [[Ionian Sea|Ionian]] islands belonging to the [[Republic of Venice]], namely [[Syros]], [[Aegina]], [[Ios (Island)|Ios]], [[Paros]], [[Tinos]], [[Karpathos]], [[Kasos]], [[Kythira]], and [[Naxos Island|Naxos]]. In the same year, Barbarossa raided [[Siege of Corfu (1537)|Corfu]] and obliterated the agricultural cultivations of the island while enslaving nearly all the population of the countryside.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corfu.gr/web/guest/visitor/history/2nd_enetokratia|title=Δήμος Κέρκυρας – Δεύτερη Ενετοκρατία|website=www.corfu.gr|language=greek}}</ref> However, the Old Fortress of Corfu was well defended by a 4,000-strong Venetian garrison with 700 guns, and when several assaults failed to capture the fortifications, the Turks reluctantly re-embarked<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://corfu.gr/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106230616/http://www.corfu.gr/en/history.htm|url-status=dead|title=Επίσημη Ιστοσελίδα Δήμου Κεντρικής Κέρκυρας και Διαποντίων Νήσων|archivedate=6 January 2008|website=Δήμος Κεντρικής Κέρκυρας και Διαποντίων Νήσων}}</ref> and once again raided [[Calabria]]. These losses prompted Venice to ask [[Pope Paul III]] to organize a "[[Holy League (1538)|Holy League]]" against the Ottomans.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In February 1538, Pope Paul III succeeded in assembling a Holy League (composed of the [[Papacy]], Spain, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the Republic of Venice and the Maltese Knights) against the Ottomans, but Barbarossa's forces led by [[Sinan Reis]] defeated its combined fleet, commanded by [[Andrea Doria]], at the [[Battle of Preveza]] in September 1538. This victory secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean for the next 33 years, until the [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In the summer of 1539, Barbarossa captured the islands of [[Skiathos]], [[Skyros]], [[Andros]], and [[Serifos]] and recaptured [[Herceg Novi|Castelnuovo]] from the Spanish, who had taken it from the Ottomans after the battle of Preveza. He also captured the nearby Castle of [[Risan]], and with Sinan Reis, later assaulted the Venetian fortress of [[Cattaro]] and the Spanish fortress of Santa Veneranda near [[Pesaro]]. Barbarossa later took the remaining Christian outposts in the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Venice finally signed a peace treaty with Sultan Suleiman in October 1540, agreeing to recognize the Ottoman territorial gains and to pay 300,000 gold ducats.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In February 1538, Pope Paul III succeeded in assembling a Holy League (composed of the [[Papacy]], Spain, the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the Republic of Venice and the Maltese Knights) against the Ottomans, but Barbarossa's forces led by [[Sinan Reis]] defeated its combined fleet, commanded by [[Andrea Doria]], at the [[Battle of Preveza]] in September 1538. This victory secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean for the next 33 years, until the [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571. |
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[[File:Letter of praise from Barbarossa to Suleyman 1541.jpg|thumb|Letter of praise from Barbarossa to [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman]], 1541, [[Istanbul Naval Museum]]]] |
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In 1540 Barbarossa led a crew of 2,000 men and captured and ransacked the town of [[Gibraltar]].<ref name=Hernandez>Hernandez, Andrea. [https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=wwuet "The Jewish impact on the social and economic manifestation of the Gibraltarian identity."] (2011).</ref><ref>Camps, G. [https://journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/1925 "Gibraltar."] ''Encyclopédie berbère'' 20 (1998): 3124–3127.</ref> He left Gibraltar after taking 75 prisoners which removed a significant percent of Gibraltar’s population, he ultimately eliminated the town of almost an entire generation of Gibraltarians.<ref name=Hernandez /> |
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In September 1540, Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] contacted Barbarossa and offered him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refused. Unable to persuade Barbarossa to switch sides, in October 1541, Charles himself laid siege to Algiers, seeking to end the corsair threat to the Spanish domains and Christian shipping in the western Mediterranean. The season was not ideal for such a campaign, and both Andrea Doria, who commanded the fleet, and [[Hernán Cortés]], who had been asked by Charles to participate in the campaign, attempted to change the Emperor's mind but failed.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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In the summer of 1539, Barbarossa captured the islands of [[Skiathos]], [[Skyros]], [[Andros]] and [[Serifos]] and recaptured [[Herceg Novi|Castelnuovo]] from the Spanish, who had taken it from the Ottomans after the battle of Preveza. He also captured the nearby Castle of [[Risan]], and with Sinan Reis, later assaulted the Venetian fortress of [[Cattaro]] and the Spanish fortress of [[Santa Veneranda]] near [[Pesaro]]. Barbarossa later took the remaining Christian outposts in the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Venice finally signed a peace treaty with Sultan Suleiman in October 1540, agreeing to recognize the Ottoman territorial gains and to pay 300,000 gold ducats. |
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Eventually, a violent storm disrupted Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria took his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet went aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles had to abandon the effort and withdraw his severely battered force.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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[[File:Letter of praise from Barbarossa to Suleyman 1541.jpg|thumb|Letter of praise from Barbarossa to [[Suleiman the Magnificient|Suleiman]], 1541. [[Istanbul Naval Museum]].]] |
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In September 1540, Emperor Charles V contacted Barbarossa and offered him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refused. Unable to persuade Barbarossa to switch sides, in October 1541, Charles himself laid siege to Algiers, seeking to end the corsair threat to the Spanish domains and Christian shipping in the western Mediterranean. The season was not ideal for such a campaign, and both Andrea Doria, who commanded the fleet, and the old [[Hernán Cortés]], who had been asked by Charles to participate in the campaign, attempted to change the Emperor's mind but failed. Eventually, a violent storm disrupted Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria took his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet went aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles had to abandon the effort and withdraw his severely battered force. |
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[[File:Siége de la flotte turc.jpg|thumb|left|Barbarossa's fleet [[Franco-Ottoman alliance|combined with a French force]] to [[Siege of Nice|besiege Nice]] in 1543 before the city fell]] |
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[[File:Barbarossa fleet wintering in Toulon 1543.jpg|thumb|left|Barbarossa's [[Ottoman wintering in Toulon|Ottoman fleet wintering in Toulon]], 1543–44]] |
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In 1543, Barbarossa headed towards Marseilles to assist France, then an ally of the Ottoman Empire, and cruised the western Mediterranean with a fleet of 210 ships (70 galleys, 40 galliots and 100 other warships carrying 14,000 Turkish soldiers, thus an overall total of 30,000 Ottoman troops). On his way, while passing through the Strait of Messina, he asked [[Diego Gaetani]], the governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responded with cannon fire, which killed three Turkish sailors. Barbarossa, angered by the response, besieged and captured the city. He then landed on the coasts of Campania and Lazio and, from the mouth of the Tiber, threatened Rome, but France intervened in favor of the pope's city. Barbarossa then raided several Italian and Spanish islands and coastal settlements before laying the [[Siege of Nice]] and capturing the city on 5 August 1543 on behalf of the French king, [[Francis I of France|Francis I]]. The Ottoman captain later landed at [[Antibes]] and the [[Île Sainte-Marguerite]] near [[Cannes]] before sacking the city of [[Sanremo|San Remo]], other ports of Liguria, Monaco and [[La Turbie]]. He spent the winter with his fleet and 30,000 Turkish soldiers in [[Toulon]], but occasionally sent his ships from there to bombard the coasts of Spain. The Christian population had been evacuated, and the [[Toulon Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Mary in Toulon]] was transformed into a mosque for the Turkish soldiers, while Ottoman money was accepted for transactions by the French tradesmen in the city. |
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In 1543, Barbarossa headed towards Marseilles to assist France, then an ally of the Ottoman Empire, and cruised the western Mediterranean with a fleet of 210 ships (70 galleys, 40 galliots and 100 other warships carrying 14,000 Turkish soldiers, thus an overall total of 30,000 Ottoman troops). On his way, while passing through the [[Strait of Messina]], he asked Diego Gaetani, governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responded with cannon fire, which killed three Turkish sailors.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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[[File:Barbarossa galley in France 1543.jpg|thumb|Barbarossa's galley during his campaign in France, 1543. [[Istanbul Naval Museum]].]] |
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[[File:Suleymanname 412a.jpg|thumb|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]] receiving Barbarossa in Constantinople]] |
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In the spring of 1544, after assaulting San Remo for the second time and landing at [[Borghetto Santo Spirito]] and [[Ceriale]], Barbarossa defeated another Spanish-Italian fleet and raided deeply into the Kingdom of Naples. He then sailed to Genoa with his 210 ships and threatened to attack the city unless it freed [[Turgut Reis]], who had been serving as a galley slave on a Genoese ship and then was imprisoned in the city since his capture in [[Corsica]] by [[Giannettino Doria]] in 1540. Barbarossa was invited by [[Andrea Doria]] to discuss the issue at his palace in the [[Fassolo]] district of Genoa, and the two admirals negotiated the release of Turgut Reis in exchange for 3,500 gold [[ducat]]s. Barbarossa then successfully repulsed further Spanish attacks on southern France, but was recalled to Constantinople after Charles V and Suleiman had agreed to a truce in 1544. |
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Angered by the response, Barbarossa besieged and captured the city. He then landed on the coasts of [[Campania]] and [[Lazio]] and, from the mouth of the [[Tiber]], threatened Rome, but France intervened in favor of the Pope's city. Barbarossa then raided several Italian and Spanish islands and coastal settlements before [[Siege of Nice|laying siege to Nice]] and capturing the city on 5 August 1543 on behalf of the French king, [[Francis I of France|Francis I]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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After leaving Provence from the port of Île Sainte-Marguerite in May 1544, Barbarossa assaulted San Remo for the third time, and when he appeared before [[Vado Ligure]], the Republic of Genoa sent him a substantial sum to save other Genoese cities from further attacks. In June 1544, Barbarossa appeared before Elba. Threatening to bombard [[Piombino]] unless the city's Lord released the son of [[Sinan Reis]] who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release.<ref name="kritzler59" /> He then captured [[Castiglione della Pescaia]], [[Talamone]] and [[Orbetello]] in the province of [[Grosseto]] in Tuscany. There, he destroyed the tomb and burned the remains of [[Bartolomeo Peretti]], who had burned his father's house in [[Mytilene]] the previous year, in 1543. He then captured [[Montiano]] and occupied [[Porto Ercole]] and the [[Isola del Giglio|Isle of Giglio]]. He later assaulted [[Civitavecchia]], but [[Leone Strozzi]], the French envoy, convinced Barbarossa to lift the siege. |
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The Ottoman captain later landed at [[Antibes]] and the [[Île Sainte-Marguerite]] near [[Cannes]] before sacking the city of [[Sanremo|San Remo]], other ports of Liguria, Monaco and [[La Turbie]]. King Francis ordered the evacuation of Toulon and placed the city in the hands of Barbarossa. For the next six months Toulon was converted to a Turkish city which included its own mosque and slave market.<ref>Piccirillo, Anthony. [https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/bitstream/handle/10822/555505/PiccirilloAnthonyThesis.pdf "" A Vile, Infamous, Diabolical Treaty": The Franco-Ottoman Alliance of Francis I and the Eclipse of the Christendom Ideal."] PhD diss., 2009.</ref> |
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The Ottoman fleet then assaulted the coasts of Sardinia before appearing at [[Ischia]] and landing there in July 1544, capturing the city as well as [[Forio]] and the Isle of [[Procida]] before threatening [[Pozzuoli]]. Encountering 30 galleys under Giannettino Doria, Barbarossa forced them to sail away towards Sicily and seek refuge in Messina. Due to strong winds, the Ottomans were unable to attack [[Salerno]] but managed to land at [[Cape Palinuro]] nearby. Barbarossa then entered the Strait of Messina and landed at [[Catona]], [[Fiumara]] and [[Calanna]] near Reggio Calabria and later at [[Cariati]] and at [[Lipari]], which was his final landing on the Italian peninsula. There, he bombarded the citadel for 15 days after the city refused to surrender and eventually captured it. |
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[[File:Barbarossa galley in France 1543.jpg|thumb|A model of Barbarossa's [[galley]] during his campaign in [[France]] in 1543–44, at the [[Istanbul Naval Museum]]]] |
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He finally returned to Constantinople and, in 1545, left the city for his final naval expeditions, during which he bombarded the ports of the Spanish mainland and landed at Majorca and Minorca for the last time. He then sailed back to Constantinople and built a palace on the [[Bosphorus]], in the present-day quarter of [[Büyükdere, Istanbul|Büyükdere]] in the [[Sarıyer]] district. |
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[[File:Suleymanname 412a.jpg|thumb|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]] receiving Barbarossa in Istanbul]] |
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In the spring of 1544, after assaulting San Remo for the second time and landing at [[Borghetto Santo Spirito]] and [[Ceriale]], Barbarossa defeated another Spanish-Italian fleet and raided deeply into the Kingdom of Naples.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He then sailed to Genoa with his 210 ships and threatened to attack the city unless it freed [[Turgut Reis]], who had been serving as a galley slave on a Genoese ship and then was imprisoned in the city since his capture in [[Corsica]] by [[Giannettino Doria]] in 1540. Barbarossa was invited by [[Andrea Doria]] to discuss the issue at [[:it:Villa del Principe#La villa del Principe a Fassolo|Villa del Principe, his palace in Fassolo]], [[Genoa]]. The two admirals negotiated the release of Turgut Reis in exchange for 3,500 gold [[ducat]]s.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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Barbarossa then successfully repulsed further Spanish attacks on southern France, but was recalled to Istanbul after Charles V and Suleiman had agreed to a truce in 1544.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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After leaving Provence from the port of Île Sainte-Marguerite in May 1544, Barbarossa assaulted San Remo for the third time, and when he appeared before [[Vado Ligure]], the Republic of Genoa sent him a substantial sum to save other Genoese cities from further attacks. In June 1544, Barbarossa appeared before Elba. Threatening to bombard [[Piombino]] unless the city's Lord released the son of [[Sinan Reis]] who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release.<ref name="kritzler59"/> He then captured [[Castiglione della Pescaia]], [[Talamone]] and [[Orbetello]] in the province of [[Grosseto]] in Tuscany. There, he destroyed the tomb and burned the remains of Bartolomeo Peretti, who had burned his father's house in [[Mytilene]] the previous year, in 1543.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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He then captured [[Montiano]] and occupied [[Porto Ercole]] and the [[Isola del Giglio|Isle of Giglio]]. He later assaulted [[Civitavecchia]], but [[Leone Strozzi]], the French envoy, convinced Barbarossa to lift the siege.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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The Ottoman fleet then assaulted the coasts of Sardinia, before appearing at [[Ischia]] and landing there in July 1544, capturing the city as well as [[Forio]] and the island of [[Procida]], where he took 4,000 prisoners and enslaved some 2,000–7,000 inhabitants of [[Lipari]];<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13543 |title=State Papers, Henry VIII: General Series |date=1509–1547 |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last1=Syed |first1=Muzaffar Husain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eACqCQAAQBAJ&q=Battle+of+A%C3%AFn-el-Turk&pg=PA453 |title=Concise History of Islam |last2=Akhtar |first2=Syed Saud |last3=Usmani |first3=B. D. |date=2011-09-14 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-82573-47-0 |language=en}}</ref> after which, he threatened [[Pozzuoli]]. Encountering 30 galleys under Giannettino Doria, Barbarossa forced them to sail away towards Sicily and seek refuge in Messina. Due to strong winds, the Ottomans were unable to attack [[Salerno]] but managed to land at [[Cape Palinuro]] nearby.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Barbarossa then entered the Strait of Messina and landed at [[Catona]], [[Fiumara]] and [[Calanna]] (near Reggio Calabria) and later at [[Cariati]] and at [[Lipari]], which was his final landing on the Italian peninsula. There, he bombarded the citadel for 15 days after the city refused to surrender and eventually captured it.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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He finally returned to Constantinople and, in 1545, left the city for his final naval expeditions, during which he bombarded the ports of the Spanish mainland and landed at Majorca and Menorca for the last time. He then sailed back to Constantinople and built a palace on the [[Bosphorus]], in the present-day quarter of [[Büyükdere, Istanbul|Büyükdere]] in the [[Sarıyer]] district.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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===Retirement and death=== |
===Retirement and death=== |
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[[File:İstanbul 5155.jpg|thumb|[[Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa|Barbarossa's tomb]] in the [[Beşiktaş]] district of [[Istanbul]]]] |
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Barbarossa retired in Constantinople in 1545, leaving his son [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]] as his successor in Algiers. He then dictated his memoirs to Muradi Sinan Reis. They consist of five hand-written volumes known as ''Gazavat-ı Hayreddin Paşa'' (''Conquests of Hayreddin Pasha''). Today, they are exhibited at the [[Topkapı Palace]] and [[Istanbul University]] Library. They are prepared and published by [[Babıali Cultural Publications|Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı]] as ''Kaptan Paşa'nın Seyir Defteri'' (''The Logbook of the Captain Pasha'') by Prof. Dr. [[Ahmet Şimşirgil]], a Turkish academic. They are also fictionalised as ''Akdeniz Bizimdi'' (''The Mediterranean was Ours'') by M. Ertuğrul Düzdağ. Barbarossa is also one of the main characters in [[Mika Waltari]]'s book [[The Wanderer (Waltari)|''The Wanderer'']] (1949). |
Barbarossa retired in Constantinople in 1545, leaving his son [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]] as his successor in Algiers. He then dictated his memoirs to Muradi Sinan Reis. They consist of five hand-written volumes known as ''Gazavat-ı Hayreddin Paşa'' (''Conquests of Hayreddin Pasha''). Today, they are exhibited at the [[Topkapı Palace]] and [[Istanbul University]] Library. They are prepared and published by [[Babıali Cultural Publications|Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı]] as ''Kaptan Paşa'nın Seyir Defteri'' (''The Logbook of the Captain Pasha'') by Prof. Dr. [[Ahmet Şimşirgil]], a Turkish academic. They are also fictionalised as ''Akdeniz Bizimdi'' (''The Mediterranean was Ours'') by M. Ertuğrul Düzdağ. Barbarossa is also one of the main characters in [[Mika Waltari]]'s book [[The Wanderer (Waltari)|''The Wanderer'']] (1949). |
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Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha died in 1546 in his seaside palace in the Büyükdere neighbourhood of |
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha died in 1546 in his seaside palace in the Büyükdere neighbourhood of Istanbul, on the northwestern shores of the [[Bosphorus]]. He is buried in the tall [[mausoleum]] (''[[türbe]]'') near the ferry port of the district of [[Beşiktaş]] on the European side of Istanbul, which was built in 1541 by the famous architect [[Mimar Sinan]], at the site where his fleet used to assemble. His memorial was built in 1944, next to his mausoleum. |
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=== The Flag (Sanjak) of Hayreddin Barbarossa === |
=== The Flag (Sanjak) of Hayreddin Barbarossa === |
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The [[Arabic calligraphy]] at the top of the standard reads, |
The [[Arabic calligraphy]] at the top of the standard reads, "{{lang|ar| نَصرٌ مِنَ اللَّـهِ وَفَتحٌ قَريبٌ وَبَشِّرِ المُؤمِنينَ يَا مُحَمَّد}}" (''nasrun mina'llāhi wa fatḥhun qarībun wa bashshiri'l-mu’minīna yā muḥammad''), translated as "Victory from Allah and an eminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers, O Muhammad." The text comes from verse 61:13 of the [[Quran]], with the addition of "O Muhammad", since the last part of the verse addresses the Islamic prophet, [[Muhammad]].<ref>{{Cite quran|61|13 | end=13 | translator=Sahih International | style=r | quote=And [you will obtain] another [favor] that you love – victory from Allah and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers.}}</ref> |
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[[File:Catalan-Atlas - 1.png|thumb|[[Catalan Atlas]] by [[Abraham Cresques]]]] |
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Within the four crescents are the names, from right to left, beginning at the top right, of the first four caliphs – [[Abu Bakr]], [[Umar]], [[Uthman]], and [[Ali]] – whose rule of the Islamic state after Muhammad is referred to as the [[Rashidun Caliphate]]. |
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The two-bladed sword represents [[Dhu'l-Fiqar]], a famous sword in Islamic history, belonging first to Muhammad and then Ali. To the left of the sword's hilt is a small hand.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sache|first=Ivan|title=Ottoman Empire: Flags with the Zulfikar sword|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/tr-zulf.html|date = 2011|website = Flags of the World}}</ref> |
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Within the four crescents are the names, from right to left, beginning at the top right, of the first four caliphs — [[Abu Bakr]], [[Umar]], [[Uthman]], and [[Ali]] — whose rule of the Islamic state after Muhammad is referred to as the [[Rashidun Caliphate]]. |
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Between the two blades of the sword is a [[six-pointed star]]. The star may be confused with the [[Star of David]], a Jewish symbol. However, in medieval times, this star was a popular Islamic symbol known as the [[Seal of Solomon]] and was widely used by the [[Anatolian beyliks|Beylik]]s of [[Anatolia]]. The seal was later used by the Ottomans in their mosque decorations, coins and the personal flags of the [[pasha]]s, including Hayreddin Barbarossa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FOTW |url=http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/misc/tr~barb.jpg |website=www.fahnenversand.de}}</ref> One of the Turkish beyliks known to use the seal on its flag was the [[Jandarids]]. According to the [[Catalan Atlas]] of 1375 by [[Abraham Cresques|A. Cresques]], the flag of the [[Karamanids]], another Anatolian beylik, consisted of a blue six-edged star. |
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The two-bladed sword represents [[Dhu'l-Fiqar]], a famous sword in Islamic history, belonging first to Muhammad and then Ali. To the left of the sword's hilt is a small hand.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sache|first=Ivan|title=Ottoman Empire: Flags with the Zulfikar sword|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/tr-zulf.html}}</ref> |
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Between the two blades of the sword is a [[six-pointed star]]. The star may be confused with the [[Star of David]], a Jewish symbol. However, in medieval times, this star was a popular Islamic symbol known as the [[Seal of Solomon]] and was widely used by the [[Anatolian beyliks|Beylik]]s of [[Anatolia]]. The seal was later used by the Ottomans in their mosque decorations, coins and the personal flags of the [[pasha]]s, including Hayreddin Barbarossa.<ref>http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/misc/tr~barb.jpg</ref> One of the Turkish beyliks known to use the seal on its flag was the [[Jandarids]]. According to the Catalan Atlas of 1375 by A. Cresques, the flag of the [[Karamanids]], another Anatolian beylik, consisted of a blue six-edged star.<ref>http:/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Catalan-Atlas_-_1.png</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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Hayreddin Barbarossa established the Ottoman supremacy in the Mediterranean, which lasted until the [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} |
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Hayreddin Barbarossa established the Ottoman supremacy in the Mediterranean, which lasted until the [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] in 1571, but even after their defeat in Lepanto, the Ottomans quickly rebuilt their fleet, regained Cyprus and other lost territories in [[Morea]] and [[Dalmatia]] from the [[Republic of Venice]] between 1571 and 1572, and conquered Tunisia from Spain in 1574. Furthermore, the Ottomans ventured into the northern Atlantic Ocean between 1585 and 1660 and continued to be a major Mediterranean sea power for three more centuries, until the reign of Sultan [[Abdülaziz]], when the Ottoman fleet, which had 21 battleships and 173 other types of warships, ranked as the third-largest naval force in the world, after the British and French navies. |
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During these centuries of great seamen such as [[Kemal Reis]] before him; his brother [[Oruç Reis]] and other contemporaries [[Turgut Reis]], [[Salih Reis]], [[Piri Reis]] and [[Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis]]; or [[Piyale Pasha]], [[Murat Reis the Elder|Murat Reis]], [[Seydi Ali Reis]], [[Uluç Ali Reis]] and [[Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis]] after him, few other Ottoman admirals ever achieved the overwhelming naval power of Hayreddin Barbarossa.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} |
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His mausoleum is in the Barbaros Park of [[Beşiktaş]], Istanbul, where his statue also stands, |
His mausoleum is in the Barbaros Park of [[Beşiktaş]], Istanbul, where his statue also stands, next to the [[Istanbul Naval Museum]]. On the back of the statue are verses by the Turkish poet [[Yahya Kemal Beyatlı]], which may be translated as follows:<ref>Translation by John Freely in ''Strolling through Istanbul'', p. 467, Sev Yayıncılık, 1997</ref> |
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''Whence on the sea's horizon comes that roar?''<br /> |
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''O blessed ships, from what seas are ye come?'' |
''O blessed ships, from what seas are ye come?'' |
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Barbaros Boulevard starts from his mausoleum on the Bosphorus and runs |
Barbaros Boulevard starts from his mausoleum on the Bosphorus and runs up to the [[Levent]] and [[Maslak]] business districts and beyond. |
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In the centuries following his death, no fleet would clear the [[Sarayburnu|Serai Point]] without firing a salute at his mausoleum.<ref name="Syed Z. Ahmed">{{cite book|author=Syed Z. Ahmed|title=The Zenith of an Empire: The Glory of the Suleiman the Magnificent and the Law Giver|year=2001|publisher=A.E.R. Publications |isbn=978-0-9715873-0-4|pages=109}}</ref> This practice disappeared during the [[Tanzimat]] period and was revived by the Turkish navy in 2019.<ref name="Sabah 2019">{{cite web | last=Sabah | first=Daily | title=Turkish navy revives 500-year-old salute for renowned Ottoman sailor Barbarossa | website=Daily Sabah | date=9 Mar 2019 | url=https://www.dailysabah.com/istanbul/2019/03/09/turkish-navy-revives-500-year-old-salute-for-renowned-ottoman-sailor-barbarossa | access-date=25 Aug 2022}}</ref> |
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In the centuries following his death, even today, Turkish seamen salute his mausoleum with a cannon shot before leaving for naval operations and battles. |
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Several warships of the [[Turkish Navy]] and passenger ships have been named after him. |
Several warships of the [[Turkish Navy]] and passenger ships have been named after him. |
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Outside Turkey, or the wider [[Islamic world]], the prolific British historian of naval military history, [[Edward Keble Chatterton]], considered him "the greatest pirate that has ever lived, and one of the cleverest tacticians and strategists the Mediterranean ever bore on its waters"; noting that "his death was received by [[Christian Europe]] with a sigh of the greatest relief."<ref>E. Keble Chatterton, ''Pirates and Piracy'', Courier Corporation, 2012, pp. 68–69</ref> |
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==References to Hayreddin Barbarossa== |
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* The lobby of the Grand Seigneur hotel in Istanbul is decorated in honour of Barbarossa. There are frieze-like portraits of him, as well as a frieze representing what must be the [[Battle of Preveza]]. The latter shows the disposition of the two fleets facing each other, along with the flags and numbers of the opposing forces. |
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The [[Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque]] complex built in the Levent neighborhood of Istanbul was named after him. |
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* The college in Pakistan Naval Academy (PNS Rahbar) is named after Barbarossa.{{Citation needed|date= October 2011}} On the entrance, there is a massive portrait of Admiral Barbarossa. |
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==Cultural depictions== |
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* The [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Bravely Default]]'' features a pirate captain named Hayreddin Barbarossa.<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2014/March/An-introduction-to-the-foes-of-Bravely-Default-861399.html</ref> |
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Hayreddin Barbarossa has been the subject of many Turkish films.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mynet|title=Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa'nın hayatı dizide|url=https://www.mynet.com/barbaros-hayrettin-pasanin-hayati-dizide-110100531607|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Mynet Haber|date=11 September 2010 |language=tr}}</ref> In the 2021 Turkish TV series ''[[Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean]]'', Hayreddin Barbarossa is portrayed by actor [[Ulas Tuna Astepe]]. In the 2022 Turkish TV series ''Barbaros Hayreddin: Sultan's Edict'', Hayreddin Barbarossa is portrayed by actor [[Tolgahan Sayışman]]. |
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It should also be noted that the name of [[Hector Barbossa]] (''Barbosa'' is also a [[Barbosa (surname)|Galician-Portuguese surname]]), a fictional character in the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' film series, is a derivative of Hayreddin Barbarossa's.<ref name= kaplan>Kaplan, Arie (2015). ''Swashbuckling Scoundrels: Pirates in Fact and Fiction'', p. 55. Twenty-First Century Books.</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Military history of the Ottoman Empire}} |
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* [[Ottoman Navy]] |
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* [[Hector Barbossa]], a fictional character partly inspired by Barbarossa |
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* {{cite book|last=Currey|first=E. Hamilton|title=Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean|year=1910|location=London}} |
* {{cite book|last=Currey|first=E. Hamilton|title=Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173046|year=1910|location=London}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Bono|first=Salvatore|title=Corsari nel Mediterraneo|year=1993|publisher=Oscar Storia Mondadori|location=Perugia}} |
* {{cite book|last=Bono|first=Salvatore|title=Corsari nel Mediterraneo|year=1993|publisher=Oscar Storia Mondadori|location=Perugia}} |
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* {{cite web|title=Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book.|url=http://www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it/indice/a.htm}} |
* {{cite web|title=Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book.|url=http://www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it/indice/a.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505045940/http://www.corsaridelmediterraneo.it/indice/a.htm|archive-date=5 May 2008}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Ernle|title=The Sultan's Admiral: The |
* {{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Ernle|title=The Sultan's Admiral: The Life of Barbarossa|author-link=Ernle Bradford|url=https://archive.org/details/sultansadmiralth00brad|url-access=registration|year=1968|publisher=New York: Harcourt, Brace & World; London: Hodder & Stoughton 1969}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Wolf|first=John B.|title=The barbary coast : Algiers under the Turks : 1500 to 1830|year=1979|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location=New York|isbn=0-393-01205-0|edition=1st |
* {{cite book|last=Wolf|first=John B.|title=The barbary coast : Algiers under the Turks : 1500 to 1830|year=1979|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|location=New York|isbn=0-393-01205-0|edition=1st}} |
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* {{cite web|title=The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.|url=http://www.theottomans.org/english/chronology/index.asp#}} |
* {{cite web|title=The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.|url=http://www.theottomans.org/english/chronology/index.asp#}} |
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* {{cite web|title=Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy (in Turkish)|url=http://www.dzkk.tsk.mil.tr/TURKCE/tarihiMiras.asp?strAnaFrame=TarihiMiras&strIFrame=INDEX}} |
* {{cite web|title=Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy (in Turkish)|url=http://www.dzkk.tsk.mil.tr/TURKCE/tarihiMiras.asp?strAnaFrame=TarihiMiras&strIFrame=INDEX|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308030932/http://www.dzkk.tsk.mil.tr/TURKCE/tarihiMiras.asp?strAnaFrame=TarihiMiras&strIFrame=INDEX|archive-date=8 March 2009}} |
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* [https://www.parosvoyages.gr/pasha-pirates-and-paros/ Pasha, pirates and Paros] |
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* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52764/Barbarossa Encyclopædia Britannica] |
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* [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/52764/Barbarossa Encyclopædia Britannica] |
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* [http://caldwellgenealogy.com/pirates.html An article on the Barbarossa brothers] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060617132510/http://caldwellgenealogy.com/pirates.html An article on the Barbarossa brothers] |
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* [http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/Barbarossa%20Brothers.html Another article on the Barbarossa brothers] |
* [http://www.thepiratesrealm.com/Barbarossa%20Brothers.html Another article on the Barbarossa brothers] |
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* [http://www.ideefixe.com/kitap/tanim.asp?sid=UZWLE5NGJP7PRWFM1TZP Original Gazawat by Seyyid Muradi] |
* [http://www.ideefixe.com/kitap/tanim.asp?sid=UZWLE5NGJP7PRWFM1TZP Original Gazawat by Seyyid Muradi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120527/http://www.ideefixe.com/kitap/tanim.asp?sid=UZWLE5NGJP7PRWFM1TZP |date=29 September 2007 }} |
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* [http://www.sinanasaygi.com/en/eserler.asp?action=eserDetay&ID=12 Hayreddin Barbarossa's tomb in Beşiktaş] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080123112847/http://www.sinanasaygi.com/en/eserler.asp?action=eserDetay&ID=12 Hayreddin Barbarossa's tomb in Beşiktaş] |
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* [http://turkkorsanlari.com/korsan/kapdan1.htm Hayreddin Barbarossa'nın Hatıraları] (Memoirs of Hayreddin Barbarossa in Turkish) |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414100014/http://www.turkkorsanlari.com/korsan/kapdan1.htm Hayreddin Barbarossa'nın Hatıraları] (Memoirs of Hayreddin Barbarossa in Turkish) |
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Hayreddin Barbarossa | |
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Nickname(s) | Barbarossa (Redbeard) Hayreddin Hızır Reis |
Born | c. 1478 Lesbos, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece) |
Died | 4 July 1546 (aged 67–68) Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey) |
Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
Service | Ottoman Navy |
Years of service | c. 1500–1545 |
Rank | Kapudan Pasha (Admiral) |
Battles / wars | |
Children | Hasan Pasha |
Relations | Yakup Ağa (father) Katerina (mother) Ishak (brother) Oruç Reis (brother) Ilyas (brother) |
Hayreddin Barbarossa (Arabic: خير الدين بربروس, romanized: Khayr al-Dīn Barbarūs, original name: Khiḍr; Turkish: Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa), also known as Hayreddin Pasha, Hızır Hayrettin Pasha, and simply Hızır Reis (c. 1466/1483[1] – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman corsair and later admiral of the Ottoman Navy.[2][3][4][5] Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean during the mid-16th century.
Born on Lesbos, Khizr began his naval career as a corsair under his elder brother Oruç Reis. In 1516, the brothers captured Algiers from Spain, with Oruç declaring himself Sultan. Following Oruç's death in 1518, Khizr inherited his brother's nickname, "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian). He also received the honorary name Hayreddin (from Arabic Khayr ad-Din, "goodness of the faith" or "best of the faith"). In 1529, Barbarossa took the Peñón of Algiers from the Spaniards.
In 1533, Barbarossa was appointed Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) of the Ottoman Navy by Suleiman the Magnificent. He led an embassy to France in the same year, conquered Tunis in 1534, achieved a decisive victory over the Holy League at Preveza in 1538, and conducted joint campaigns with the French in the 1540s. Barbarossa retired to Constantinople in 1545 and died the following year.
Background
[edit]Khizr was born sometime between 1466 and 1483[1] in Palaiokipos, Midilini, in the Ottoman Empire (now Gera, Lesbos), a son of an Ottoman sipahi father, Yakup Ağa,[6] of Turkish[7][8][9][10][11] or Albanian[12][13][14] origin from Giannitsa (now in Central Macedonia, Greece), and a Greek Orthodox mother of Greek origin, Katerina, also from Lesbos,[7][14][15] the widow of a Greek Orthodox priest.[6][13][16] The couple married[7] and had two daughters and four sons: Ishak, Oruç, Khizr and Ilyas. Yakup had taken part in the Ottoman conquest of Lesbos in 1462 from the Republic of Genoa's House of Gattilusio, which held the hereditary title of Lord of Lesbos between 1355 and 1462, and as a reward was granted the fief of the village of Bonova on the island. He became an established potter and purchased a boat to trade his products with.
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 Khizr helped with the pottery.[citation needed]
Early career
[edit]All four brothers became seamen, engaged in marine affairs and international sea trade. The first brother to become involved in seamanship was Oruç, who was joined by his brother Ilyas. Later, obtaining his own ship, Khizr also began his career at sea. The brothers initially worked as sailors, but then turned privateers in the Mediterranean to counteract the privateering of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St John) who were based on the island of Rhodes (until 1522). Oruç and Ilyas operated in the Levant, between Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt. Khizr operated in the Aegean Sea and based his operations mostly in Thessaloniki. Ishak, the eldest, remained on Mytilene and was involved with the financial affairs of the family business.[citation needed]
Death of Ilyas, captivity, and liberation of Oruç
[edit]Oruç was a very successful seaman. He also learned to speak Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, and Arabic early in his career. While returning from a trading expedition in Tripoli, Lebanon, with his younger brother, Ilyas, they were attacked by the Knights Hospitaller. Ilyas was killed in the fight, and Oruç was wounded. Oruç rowed as a galley slave for the Order of Saint John for four years, until his father paid the ransom to release him.[17]
Oruç, the corsair
[edit]Oruç 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 of St John, who were inflicting serious damage on Ottoman shipping and trade.[18] In the following years, when 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 Italy, where Oruç bombarded several coastal castles and captured two ships.[citation needed]
On his way back to Lesbos, he stopped at Euboea and captured three galleons and another ship. Reaching Mytilene with these captured vessels, Oruç learned that Korkut, who was the brother of the new Ottoman sultan Selim I, had fled to Egypt to avoid being killed because of succession disputes – a common practice at that time.[citation needed]
Fearing trouble due to his well-known association with the exiled Ottoman prince, Oruç sailed to Egypt, where he met Korkut in Cairo and managed to get an audience with the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri, who gave him another ship and entrusted him with the task of raiding the coasts of Italy and the islands of the Mediterranean that were controlled by Christians.[citation needed] After spending the winter in Cairo, he set sail from Alexandria and frequently operated along the coasts of Liguria and Sicily.[citation needed]
Khizr's career under Oruç
[edit]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. Khizr joined Oruç at Djerba. In 1504, the brothers contacted Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil, ruler of Tunis, and asked permission to use the strategically located port of La Goulette for their operations.[citation needed]
They were granted the right to do so on the condition of giving one-third of their spoils to the sultan. Oruç, in command of small galiots, 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.[citation needed] These exploits increased their fame, and they were joined by several other well-known Muslim corsairs, including Kurtoğlu (known in the West as Curtogoli). 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 Oruç increased when, between 1504 and 1510, he transported Muslim Mudéjars from Christian Spain to North Africa. His efforts of 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, France, and Italy into Barbarossa (meaning "Redbeard" in Italian).[citation needed]
In 1510, the three brothers raided Capo Passero in Sicily and repulsed Spanish attacks 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 Oruç lost his left arm. This incident earned him the nickname Gümüş Kol ("Silver Arm" in Turkish), in reference to the silver prosthetic device that he used in place of his missing limb.[citation needed]
Later that same year, the brothers raided the coasts of Andalusia, capturing a galliot of the Lomellini family of Genoa, which owned Tabarca island. They subsequently landed at Menorca and captured a coastal castle and then headed towards Liguria, where they captured four Genoese galleys near Genoa. The Genoese sent a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers captured their flagship as well.[citation needed] After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sailed back to La Goulette, where they built three more galliots and a gunpowder production facility.[citation needed]
In 1513, they launched a raid on Valencia, where they captured four ships, and then headed for Alicante and captured a Spanish galley near Málaga. In 1513–14, the brothers engaged the Spanish fleet on several other occasions and moved to their new base to Cherchell, east of Algiers. In 1514, with 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, they destroyed two Spanish fortresses at Bougie, and when the Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of Majorca, arrived as reinforcement, they headed towards Ceuta and raided that city before capturing Jijel in Algeria, which was under Genoese control.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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 encrusted with diamonds. In 1516, joined by Kurtoğlu (Curtogoli), the brothers besieged the Castle of Elba, before heading once more towards Liguria, where they captured 12 ships and damaged 28 others.[citation needed]
Rulers of Algiers
[edit]In 1516, the three brothers succeeded in capturing Jijel and Algiers from the Spaniards and eventually assumed control over the city and surrounding region, forcing the previous ruler, Abu Hamo Musa III of the Beni Ziyad dynasty, to flee.[citation needed]
The Spaniards of Algiers sought refuge on the island of Peñón and asked Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor to intervene, but the Spanish fleet failed to expel the brothers from Algiers.[citation needed]
For Oruç, the best protection against Spain was to join the Ottoman Empire, his homeland and Spain's main rival. For this, he had to relinquish his title of Sultan of Algiers to the Ottomans. He did this in 1517 and offered Algiers to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I. The Sultan accepted Algiers as an Ottoman sanjak ("province"), appointed Oruç Governor of Algiers and Chief Sea Governor of the Western Mediterranean, and promised to support him with Janissaries, galleys and cannon.[citation needed]
Final engagements and death of Oruç and Ishak
[edit]The Spaniards ordered Abu Zayan, whom they had appointed the new ruler of Tlemcen and Oran, to attack Oruç Reis overland, but Oruç learned of the plan and pre-emptively attacked Tlemcen, capturing the city and executing Abu Zayan in the fall of Tlemcen. The only survivor of Abu Zayan's dynasty was Sheikh Buhammud, who escaped to Oran and called for Spain's assistance.
After consolidating his power and declaring himself Sultan of Algiers, Oruç sought to expand his territory inland and took Miliana, Medea and Ténès. He became known for fitting sails to cannons for transport through the deserts of North Africa. In 1517, the brothers raided Capo Limiti, and, later, Capo Rizzuto, Calabria.[citation needed]
In May 1518, Emperor Charles V arrived at Oran and was received at the port by Sheikh Buhammud and the Spanish governor of the city, Diego de Córdoba, marquis of Comares, who commanded a force of 10,000 Spanish soldiers. Joined by thousands of local Bedouins, the Spaniards marched overland towards Tlemcen. Oruç and Ishak awaited them in the city with 1,500 Turkish and 5,000 Moorish soldiers. They defended Tlemcen for 20 days, but were eventually killed in combat by the forces of Garcia de Tineo.[citation needed]
Algiers joins the Ottoman Empire
[edit]After the death of his older brother and feeling that his position was under threat, Khizr contacted Selim I, offered his allegiance and obtained Ottoman assistance in 1519.[19] Given the title of Beylerbey by Sultan Selim I, along with janissaries, galleys and cannon, he inherited his brother's position, his name (Barbarossa) and his mission.[20]
Later career
[edit]Pasha of Algiers
[edit]With a fresh force of Turkish soldiers sent by the Ottoman sultan, Barbarossa recaptured Tlemcen in December 1518. He continued the policy of bringing mudéjars from Spain to North Africa, thereby assuring himself of a sizable following of grateful and loyal Muslims who harbored an intense hatred for Spain. He captured Bône, and in 1519, he defeated a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers. In a separate incident, he sank a Spanish ship and captured eight others. Still in 1519, he raided Provence, Toulon and the Îles d'Hyères in southern France. In 1521, he raided the Balearic Islands and later captured several Spanish ships returning from the New World off the coast of Cádiz.[citation needed]
In 1522, he sent his ships, under the command of Kurtoğlu, to participate in the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes, which resulted in the departure of the Knights of St John from that island on 1 January 1523.[citation needed]
In June 1525, he raided the coasts of Sardinia. In May 1526, he landed at Crotone in Calabria and sacked the city, sank a Spanish galley and a Spanish fusta in the harbor, then assaulted Castignano in Marche on the Adriatic Sea and later landed at Cape Spartivento. In June 1526, he landed at Reggio Calabria and later destroyed the fort at the port of Messina. He then appeared on the coasts of Tuscany, but retreated after seeing the fleet of Andrea Doria and the Knights of St John off the coast of Piombino.[citation needed]
In July 1526, Barbarossa appeared once again in Messina and raided the coasts of Campania. In 1527, he raided many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain. In May 1529, he captured the Spanish fort on the island of Peñón of Algiers. In August 1529, he attacked the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, and later, answering Andalusia's requests for help in crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, he transported 70,000 mudéjars to Algiers in seven consecutive journeys.[21]
In January 1530, he again raided the coasts of Sicily and, in March and June of that year, the Balearic Islands and Marseilles. In July 1530, he appeared along the coasts of the Provence and Liguria, capturing two Genoese ships. In August 1530, he raided the coasts of Sardinia and, in October, appeared at Piombino, capturing a barque from Viareggio and three French galleons before capturing two more ships off Calabria. In December 1530, he captured the Castle of Cabrera, in the Balearic Islands, and began to use the island as a logistic base for his operations on the area.[citation needed]
In 1531, he encountered Andrea Doria, who had been appointed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to recapture Jijel and the Peñón of Algiers, and repulsed a Spanish-Genoese fleet of 40 galleys. Still in 1531, he raided the island of Favignana, where the flagship of the Maltese Knights under the command of Francesco Touchebeuf unsuccessfully attacked his fleet. Barbarossa then sailed eastwards and landed in Calabria and Apulia. On the way back to Algiers, he sank a ship of the Maltese Knights near Messina before assaulting Tripoli, which had been given to the Knights of St John by Charles V in 1530. In October 1531, he again raided the coasts of Spain.[citation needed] He also pillaged the Îles d'Hyères during the same year.[22]
In 1532, during Suleiman I's expedition to Habsburg Austria, Andrea Doria captured Coron, Patras and Lepanto on the coasts of the Morea (Peloponnese). In response, Suleiman sent the forces of Yahya Pashazade Mehmed Bey, who recaptured these cities, but the event made Suleiman realize the importance of having a powerful commander at sea. He summoned Barbarossa to Istanbul, who set sail in August 1532. Having raided Sardinia, Bonifacio in Corsica, and the islands of Montecristo, Elba and Lampedusa, he captured 18 galleys near Messina and learned from the captured prisoners that Doria was headed to Preveza.[citation needed]
Barbarossa proceeded to raid the nearby coasts of Calabria and then sailed towards Preveza. Doria's forces fled after a short battle, but only after Barbarossa had captured seven of their galleys. He arrived at Preveza with a total of 44 galleys, but sent 25 of them back to Algiers and headed to Constantinople with 19 ships. There, he was received by Sultan Suleiman at Topkapı Palace. Suleiman appointed Barbarossa Kapudan-i Derya ("Grand Admiral") of the Ottoman Navy and Beylerbey ("Chief Governor") of North Africa. Barbarossa was also given the government of the sanjak ("province") of Rhodes and those of Euboea and Chios in the Aegean Sea.[citation needed]
Diplomacy with France
[edit]In 1533, Barbarossa sent an embassy to the king of France, Francis I, the Ottoman embassy to France (1533). Francis I would in turn dispatch Antonio Rincon to Barbarossa in North Africa and then to Suleiman the Magnificent in Asia Minor.[23] Following a second embassy, the Ottoman embassy to France (1534), Francis I sent his ambassador Jehan de la Forest to Hayreddin Barbarossa, asking for his naval support against the Habsburg:
"Jehan de la Forest, whom the King sends to meet with the Grand Signor [Suleiman the Magnificent], will first go from Marseilles to Tunis, in Barbary, to meet sir Haradin, king of Algiers, who will direct him to the Grand Signor. To this objective, next summer, he [the King of France] will send the military force he is preparing to recover what it unjustly occupied by the Duke of Savoy, and from there, to attack the Genoese. This king Francis I strongly prays sir Haradin, who has a powerful naval force as well as a convenient location [Tunisia], to attack the island of Corsica and other lands, locations, cities, ships and subjects of Genoa, and not to stop until they have accepted and recognized the king of France. The King, besides the above land force, will additionally help with his naval force, which will comprise at least 50 vessels, of which 30 galleys, and the rest galeasses and other vessels, accompanied by one of the largest and most beautiful carracks that ever was on the sea. This fleet will accompany and escort the army of sir Haradin, which will also be refreshed and supplied with food and ammunition by the King, who, by these actions, will be able to achieve his aims, for which he will be highly grateful to sir Haradin".
— Military instructions to Jehan de la Forest, by Chancellor Antoine Duprat, 11 February 1534.
Kapudan-i Derya of the Ottoman Navy
[edit]In 1534, Barbarossa set sail from Constantinople with 80 galleys, and in April, he recaptured Coron, Patras and Lepanto from the Spaniards. In July 1534, he crossed the Strait of Messina and raided the Calabrian coasts, capturing a substantial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of San Lucido. He later destroyed the port of Cetraro and the ships harbored there.[citation needed]
Also in July 1534, he appeared in Campania and sacked the islands of Capri and Procida before bombarding the ports in the Gulf of Naples, where 7,800 captives were taken.[24] He then appeared in Lazio, shelled Gaeta and in August landed at Villa Santa Lucia, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina and Ostia on the River Tiber, causing the church bells in Rome to sound the alarm. In Sperlonga he took 10,000 captives and when he arrived in Fondi the janissaries entered the city through the main gates and completely ransacked the palace of Giulia Gonzaga.[24][25] He then sacked, torched and destroyed Vallecorsa slaughtering some townspeople and taking others captive.[26] He sailed south, appearing at Ponza, Sicily and Sardinia, before capturing Tunis in August 1534 and sending the Hafsid Sultan Mulay Hassan fleeing.
Charles dispatched an agent to offer Barbarossa "the lordship of North Africa" for his changed loyalty,[27] or if that failed, to assassinate him. However, upon rejecting the offer, Barbarossa decapitated the agent with a scimitar.[28]
Mulei Hassan asked Emperor Charles V for help in recovering his kingdom, and a Spanish-Italian force of 300 galleys and 24,000 soldiers recaptured Tunis as well as Bône and Mahdiya in 1535. Recognizing the futility of armed resistance, Barbarossa had abandoned Tunis well before the arrival of the invaders, sailing away into the Tyrrhenian Sea, where he bombarded ports, landed once again at Capri and reconstructed a fort (which still today carries his name) after largely destroying it during the siege of the island. He then sailed to Algiers, from where he raided the coastal towns of Spain, destroyed the ports of Majorca and Menorca, captured several Spanish and Genoese galleys and liberated their Muslim oar slaves. In September 1535, he repulsed another Spanish attack on Tlemcen.
In 1536, Barbarossa was called back to Constantinople to take command of 200 ships in a naval attack on the Habsburg Kingdom of Naples. In July 1537, he landed at Otranto and captured the city, as well as the Fortress of Castro and the city of Ugento in Apulia.
In August 1537, Lütfi Pasha and Barbarossa led a huge Ottoman force that captured the Aegean and Ionian islands belonging to the Republic of Venice, namely Syros, Aegina, Ios, Paros, Tinos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kythira, and Naxos. In the same year, Barbarossa raided Corfu and obliterated the agricultural cultivations of the island while enslaving nearly all the population of the countryside.[29] However, the Old Fortress of Corfu was well defended by a 4,000-strong Venetian garrison with 700 guns, and when several assaults failed to capture the fortifications, the Turks reluctantly re-embarked[30] and once again raided Calabria. These losses prompted Venice to ask Pope Paul III to organize a "Holy League" against the Ottomans.[citation needed]
In February 1538, Pope Paul III succeeded in assembling a Holy League (composed of the Papacy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Maltese Knights) against the Ottomans, but Barbarossa's forces led by Sinan Reis defeated its combined fleet, commanded by Andrea Doria, at the Battle of Preveza in September 1538. This victory secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean for the next 33 years, until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.[citation needed]
In the summer of 1539, Barbarossa captured the islands of Skiathos, Skyros, Andros, and Serifos and recaptured Castelnuovo from the Spanish, who had taken it from the Ottomans after the battle of Preveza. He also captured the nearby Castle of Risan, and with Sinan Reis, later assaulted the Venetian fortress of Cattaro and the Spanish fortress of Santa Veneranda near Pesaro. Barbarossa later took the remaining Christian outposts in the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Venice finally signed a peace treaty with Sultan Suleiman in October 1540, agreeing to recognize the Ottoman territorial gains and to pay 300,000 gold ducats.[citation needed]
In 1540 Barbarossa led a crew of 2,000 men and captured and ransacked the town of Gibraltar.[31][32] He left Gibraltar after taking 75 prisoners which removed a significant percent of Gibraltar’s population, he ultimately eliminated the town of almost an entire generation of Gibraltarians.[31]
In September 1540, Emperor Charles V contacted Barbarossa and offered him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refused. Unable to persuade Barbarossa to switch sides, in October 1541, Charles himself laid siege to Algiers, seeking to end the corsair threat to the Spanish domains and Christian shipping in the western Mediterranean. The season was not ideal for such a campaign, and both Andrea Doria, who commanded the fleet, and Hernán Cortés, who had been asked by Charles to participate in the campaign, attempted to change the Emperor's mind but failed.[citation needed]
Eventually, a violent storm disrupted Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria took his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet went aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles had to abandon the effort and withdraw his severely battered force.[citation needed]
Franco-Ottoman alliance
[edit]In 1543, Barbarossa headed towards Marseilles to assist France, then an ally of the Ottoman Empire, and cruised the western Mediterranean with a fleet of 210 ships (70 galleys, 40 galliots and 100 other warships carrying 14,000 Turkish soldiers, thus an overall total of 30,000 Ottoman troops). On his way, while passing through the Strait of Messina, he asked Diego Gaetani, governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responded with cannon fire, which killed three Turkish sailors.[citation needed]
Angered by the response, Barbarossa besieged and captured the city. He then landed on the coasts of Campania and Lazio and, from the mouth of the Tiber, threatened Rome, but France intervened in favor of the Pope's city. Barbarossa then raided several Italian and Spanish islands and coastal settlements before laying siege to Nice and capturing the city on 5 August 1543 on behalf of the French king, Francis I.[citation needed]
The Ottoman captain later landed at Antibes and the Île Sainte-Marguerite near Cannes before sacking the city of San Remo, other ports of Liguria, Monaco and La Turbie. King Francis ordered the evacuation of Toulon and placed the city in the hands of Barbarossa. For the next six months Toulon was converted to a Turkish city which included its own mosque and slave market.[33]
In the spring of 1544, after assaulting San Remo for the second time and landing at Borghetto Santo Spirito and Ceriale, Barbarossa defeated another Spanish-Italian fleet and raided deeply into the Kingdom of Naples.[citation needed] He then sailed to Genoa with his 210 ships and threatened to attack the city unless it freed Turgut Reis, who had been serving as a galley slave on a Genoese ship and then was imprisoned in the city since his capture in Corsica by Giannettino Doria in 1540. Barbarossa was invited by Andrea Doria to discuss the issue at Villa del Principe, his palace in Fassolo, Genoa. The two admirals negotiated the release of Turgut Reis in exchange for 3,500 gold ducats.[citation needed]
Barbarossa then successfully repulsed further Spanish attacks on southern France, but was recalled to Istanbul after Charles V and Suleiman had agreed to a truce in 1544.[citation needed]
After leaving Provence from the port of Île Sainte-Marguerite in May 1544, Barbarossa assaulted San Remo for the third time, and when he appeared before Vado Ligure, the Republic of Genoa sent him a substantial sum to save other Genoese cities from further attacks. In June 1544, Barbarossa appeared before Elba. Threatening to bombard Piombino unless the city's Lord released the son of Sinan Reis who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release.[28] He then captured Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone and Orbetello in the province of Grosseto in Tuscany. There, he destroyed the tomb and burned the remains of Bartolomeo Peretti, who had burned his father's house in Mytilene the previous year, in 1543.[citation needed]
He then captured Montiano and occupied Porto Ercole and the Isle of Giglio. He later assaulted Civitavecchia, but Leone Strozzi, the French envoy, convinced Barbarossa to lift the siege.[citation needed]
The Ottoman fleet then assaulted the coasts of Sardinia, before appearing at Ischia and landing there in July 1544, capturing the city as well as Forio and the island of Procida, where he took 4,000 prisoners and enslaved some 2,000–7,000 inhabitants of Lipari;[34][35] after which, he threatened Pozzuoli. Encountering 30 galleys under Giannettino Doria, Barbarossa forced them to sail away towards Sicily and seek refuge in Messina. Due to strong winds, the Ottomans were unable to attack Salerno but managed to land at Cape Palinuro nearby.[citation needed] Barbarossa then entered the Strait of Messina and landed at Catona, Fiumara and Calanna (near Reggio Calabria) and later at Cariati and at Lipari, which was his final landing on the Italian peninsula. There, he bombarded the citadel for 15 days after the city refused to surrender and eventually captured it.[citation needed]
He finally returned to Constantinople and, in 1545, left the city for his final naval expeditions, during which he bombarded the ports of the Spanish mainland and landed at Majorca and Menorca for the last time. He then sailed back to Constantinople and built a palace on the Bosphorus, in the present-day quarter of Büyükdere in the Sarıyer district.[citation needed]
Retirement and death
[edit]Barbarossa retired in Constantinople in 1545, leaving his son Hasan Pasha as his successor in Algiers. He then dictated his memoirs to Muradi Sinan Reis. They consist of five hand-written volumes known as Gazavat-ı Hayreddin Paşa (Conquests of Hayreddin Pasha). Today, they are exhibited at the Topkapı Palace and Istanbul University Library. They are prepared and published by Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı as Kaptan Paşa'nın Seyir Defteri (The Logbook of the Captain Pasha) by Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şimşirgil, a Turkish academic. They are also fictionalised as Akdeniz Bizimdi (The Mediterranean was Ours) by M. Ertuğrul Düzdağ. Barbarossa is also one of the main characters in Mika Waltari's book The Wanderer (1949).
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha died in 1546 in his seaside palace in the Büyükdere neighbourhood of Istanbul, on the northwestern shores of the Bosphorus. He is buried in the tall mausoleum (türbe) near the ferry port of the district of Beşiktaş on the European side of Istanbul, which was built in 1541 by the famous architect Mimar Sinan, at the site where his fleet used to assemble. His memorial was built in 1944, next to his mausoleum.
The Flag (Sanjak) of Hayreddin Barbarossa
[edit]The Arabic calligraphy at the top of the standard reads, "نَصرٌ مِنَ اللَّـهِ وَفَتحٌ قَريبٌ وَبَشِّرِ المُؤمِنينَ يَا مُحَمَّد" (nasrun mina'llāhi wa fatḥhun qarībun wa bashshiri'l-mu’minīna yā muḥammad), translated as "Victory from Allah and an eminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers, O Muhammad." The text comes from verse 61:13 of the Quran, with the addition of "O Muhammad", since the last part of the verse addresses the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[36]
Within the four crescents are the names, from right to left, beginning at the top right, of the first four caliphs – Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali – whose rule of the Islamic state after Muhammad is referred to as the Rashidun Caliphate.
The two-bladed sword represents Dhu'l-Fiqar, a famous sword in Islamic history, belonging first to Muhammad and then Ali. To the left of the sword's hilt is a small hand.[37]
Between the two blades of the sword is a six-pointed star. The star may be confused with the Star of David, a Jewish symbol. However, in medieval times, this star was a popular Islamic symbol known as the Seal of Solomon and was widely used by the Beyliks of Anatolia. The seal was later used by the Ottomans in their mosque decorations, coins and the personal flags of the pashas, including Hayreddin Barbarossa.[38] One of the Turkish beyliks known to use the seal on its flag was the Jandarids. According to the Catalan Atlas of 1375 by A. Cresques, the flag of the Karamanids, another Anatolian beylik, consisted of a blue six-edged star.
Legacy
[edit]Hayreddin Barbarossa established the Ottoman supremacy in the Mediterranean, which lasted until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.[citation needed]
During these centuries of great seamen such as Kemal Reis before him; his brother Oruç Reis and other contemporaries Turgut Reis, Salih Reis, Piri Reis and Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis; or Piyale Pasha, Murat Reis, Seydi Ali Reis, Uluç Ali Reis and Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis after him, few other Ottoman admirals ever achieved the overwhelming naval power of Hayreddin Barbarossa.[citation needed]
His mausoleum is in the Barbaros Park of Beşiktaş, Istanbul, where his statue also stands, next to the Istanbul Naval Museum. On the back of the statue are verses by the Turkish poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, which may be translated as follows:[39]
Whence on the sea's horizon comes that roar?
Can it be Barbarossa now returning
From Tunis or Algiers or from the Isles?
Two hundred vessels ride upon the waves,
Coming from lands the rising Crescent lights:
O blessed ships, from what seas are ye come?
Barbaros Boulevard starts from his mausoleum on the Bosphorus and runs up to the Levent and Maslak business districts and beyond.
In the centuries following his death, no fleet would clear the Serai Point without firing a salute at his mausoleum.[40] This practice disappeared during the Tanzimat period and was revived by the Turkish navy in 2019.[41]
Several warships of the Turkish Navy and passenger ships have been named after him.
Outside Turkey, or the wider Islamic world, the prolific British historian of naval military history, Edward Keble Chatterton, considered him "the greatest pirate that has ever lived, and one of the cleverest tacticians and strategists the Mediterranean ever bore on its waters"; noting that "his death was received by Christian Europe with a sigh of the greatest relief."[42]
The Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Mosque complex built in the Levent neighborhood of Istanbul was named after him.
Cultural depictions
[edit]Hayreddin Barbarossa has been the subject of many Turkish films.[43] In the 2021 Turkish TV series Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean, Hayreddin Barbarossa is portrayed by actor Ulas Tuna Astepe. In the 2022 Turkish TV series Barbaros Hayreddin: Sultan's Edict, Hayreddin Barbarossa is portrayed by actor Tolgahan Sayışman.
It should also be noted that the name of Hector Barbossa (Barbosa is also a Galician-Portuguese surname), a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, is a derivative of Hayreddin Barbarossa's.[44][43]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Džaja, Srećko M.; Weiss, Günter; Nehring, Karl; Bernath, Mathias (1995). Austro-Turcica 1541-1552 (in German). R. Oldenbourg. p. 675. ISBN 978-3-486-56167-8.
Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbarossa, Barbarrossa, Barbe Rubae) (1466/83 (?) – 1546).
- ^ "Barbarossa | Ottoman admiral". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ Kiel, Machiel (1 December 2018). "The Medrese and Imaret of Hayreddin Barbarossa on the Island of Lesbos/Midilli: A Little-known Aspect of the Cultural History of Sappho's Island Under the Ottomans (1462–1912)". Shedet. 5 (5): 162–176. doi:10.21608/shedet.005.12. ISSN 2536-9954.
- ^ Caprioli, Francesco (11 October 2021). "The "Sheep" and the "Lion": Charles V, Barbarossa, and Habsburg Diplomatic Practice in the Muslim Mediterranean (1534-1542)". Journal of Early Modern History. 25 (5): 392–421. doi:10.1163/15700658-bja10029. ISSN 1385-3783. S2CID 244626095.
- ^ Isom-Verhaaren, Christine (1 August 2007). ""Barbarossa and His Army Who Came to Succor All of Us": Ottoman and French Views of Their Joint Campaign of 1543-1544". French Historical Studies. 30 (3): 395–425. doi:10.1215/00161071-2007-003. ISSN 0016-1071.
- ^ a b H. J. Kissling; F. R. C. Bagley; N. Barbour; Bertold Spuler; J. S. Trimingham; H. Braun; H. Hartel (1997). The Last Great Muslim Empires. Brill. p. 114. ISBN 90-04-02104-3.
- ^ a b c Kiel, Machiel (2007). "The Smaller Aegean Islands in the 16th–18th Centuries according to Ottoman Administrative Documents". Between Venice and Istanbul: Colonial Landscapes in Early Modern Greece. 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...
- ^ 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.
- ^ Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos., "Barbarossa", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963, p. 147.
- ^ Angus Konstam, Piracy: The Complete History, Osprey Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0, p. 80.
- ^ Heers, Jacques (2003). I barbareschi: corsari del Mediterraneo (in Italian). Translated by Maria Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni. Salerno. p. 68. ISBN 8884024021.
Il padre dei Barbarossa, Jacob, un Albanese fatto prigioniero e convertitosi all'Islam, s'era stabilito a Mitilene;
- ^ a b Bozbora, Nuray (1997). Osmanlı yönetiminde Arnavutluk ve Arnavut ulusçuluğu'nun gelişimi. p. 16.[need quotation to verify]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Aksan, Virginia H.; Goffman, Daniel (2007). The Early Modern Ottomans: Remapping the Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-521-81764-6.
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 II.
- ^ Andreas Rieger (1994). Die Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während der osmanischen Expansion im Mittelmeer im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert (in German). Klaus Schwarz Verlag. p. 548. ISBN 978-3-87997-223-4.
- ^ Andre Clot, "Suleiman The Magnificent", p. 101
- ^ https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/barbaros-hayreddin-pasa, paragraph 2
- ^ Phillip C. Naylor (2009). North Africa A History from Antiquity to the Present. University of Texas Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-292-77878-8.
- ^ "Barbarossa | Ottoman admiral". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ The Expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain: A Mediterranean Diaspora. Brill. 2014. p. 334. ISBN 978-90-04-27935-3.
- ^ Faucherre, Nicolas. "Louis XII, François Ier et la défense des côtes provençales."[permanent dead link ] Bulletin Monumental 151, no. 1 (1993): 293–301.
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- ^ Avallone, Tommaso. Justified by Faith: The intriguing story of Giulia Gonzaga, Countess of Fondi. Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2020.
- ^ Robin, Diana. Publishing Women: Salons, the Presses, and the Counter-Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy. University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- ^ Caprioli, Francesco (11 October 2021). "The "Sheep" and the "Lion": Charles V, Barbarossa, and Habsburg Diplomatic Practice in the Muslim Mediterranean (1534–1542)". Journal of Early Modern History. 25 (5): 392–421. doi:10.1163/15700658-bja10029. S2CID 244626095. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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- ^ Syed, Muzaffar Husain; Akhtar, Syed Saud; Usmani, B. D. (14 September 2011). Concise History of Islam. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-82573-47-0.
- ^ Quran 61:13–13 (Translated by Sahih International). "And [you will obtain] another [favor] that you love – victory from Allah and an imminent conquest; and give good tidings to the believers."
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- ^ E. Keble Chatterton, Pirates and Piracy, Courier Corporation, 2012, pp. 68–69
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References
[edit]- Currey, E. Hamilton (1910). Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean. London.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bono, Salvatore (1993). Corsari nel Mediterraneo. Perugia: Oscar Storia Mondadori.
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- Wolf, John B. (1979). The barbary coast : Algiers under the Turks : 1500 to 1830 (1st ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-01205-0.
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External links
[edit]- Pasha, pirates and Paros
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- An article on the Barbarossa brothers
- Another article on the Barbarossa brothers
- Original Gazawat by Seyyid Muradi Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Hayreddin Barbarossa's tomb in Beşiktaş
- Hayreddin Barbarossa'nın Hatıraları (Memoirs of Hayreddin Barbarossa in Turkish)
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