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Hayreddin Barbarossa. Hayreddin Barbarossa ( Arabic: خير الدين بربروس, romanized : Khayr al-Din Barbarus, 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 ...
May 2, 2024 · Barbarossa, engraving, 16th century. Barbarossa (died 1546) , also known as "Redbeard", was a Barbary pirate and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, by whose initiative Algeria and Tunisia became part of the Ottoman Empire. For three centuries after his death, Mediterranean coastal towns and villages were ravaged by his pirate successors.
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Oct 8, 2019 · This 16th-century corsair was the most feared pirate of the Mediterranean. No Spanish ships or ports were safe when dread pirate Barbarossa, ally of the powerful Ottoman Empire, sailed the high seas.
The Mediterranean pirate who would ultimately be remembered as Barbarossa (Italian for “Redbeard”) went by many names during his career: Khiḍr, Hayreddin Pasha, the “Pirate of Algiers,” and even the “King of the Sea,” but the name Barbarossa began as an appellation for him and his brother ʿArūj (or Oruç)—the Barbarossa brothers.
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Feb 21, 2022 · On 4th July 1546, Hayreddin Barbarossa took his last breath in his own seaside palace. He was buried in the Barbaros Türbesi in Istanbul. For several years, it had become a custom for all the Turkish ships to pay a salute to the tomb of the brave and feared sailor. Barbarossa’s tomb, in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul.
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Hayreddin Barbarossa. Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha or Hızır Hayreddin Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan-ı Derya (Fleet Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy) (c. 1478 – July 4, 1546), was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral who dominated the Mediterranean for decades.
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May 28, 2024 · The notorious pirate, Barbarossa, who eventually went on to be an admiral in the Ottoman Navy, was surprisingly half Greek. As a pirate, he was extremely successful, and his many victories for the Ottomans in the 16th century helped them secure a wide territory in the Mediterranean. Born in the village of Palaiokipos on the Greek island of ...
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