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Oruç Reis
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Ottoman corsair, later Sultan of Algiers (c. 1474–1518)
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Oruç Reis was a male Ottoman Turkish writer, beylerbey, privateer, and naval officer. Born in Mytilene, he served in the Ottoman Navy with the rank of ship captain and held the noble title of bey. His allegiance was to the Ottoman dynasty, and he was a Muslim who spoke Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, and Arabic. He wrote in Ottoman Turkish.
His notable work is *Fars'in Don Juan'i*. He was the brother of Hayreddin Barbarossa and the son of Yakup Ağa. Hasan Pasha was also a relative. Oruç Reis died in Tlemcen on January 1, 1518. He is described in sources such as *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Fars'in Don Juan'i
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1474, Lesbos , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- May 1518 (aged 43 – 44), Oujda
- Nickname
- Barbarossa, Red Beard, Baba Aruj
- Years active
- c. 1495 – 1518
- Rank
- Sultan of Algiers
- Base of operations
- Mediterranean
- Battles wars
- Action off Elba (1504) Siege of Jijel Expedition to Cherchell Capture of Algiers (1516) Algiers expedition (1516) Battle of Oued Djer Expedition to the Moulouya Fall of Tlemcen (1518)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Mytilene
- Place of death
- Tlemcen
- Father
- Yakup Ağa
- Sibling
- Hayreddin Barbarossa
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Noble title
- bey
- Military branch
- Ottoman Navy
- Military rank
- ship captain
- Image
- Arudsch-barbarossa.jpg
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- Oruç Reis
- date of death
- 1518-01-01
- date of birth
- 1474-01-01
- relative
- Hasan Pasha
- name in native language
- عروج رئيس
- allegiance
- Ottoman dynasty
- writing language
- Ottoman Turkish
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Encyclopedic overview
Aruj Barbarossa (Arabic: عروج بربروس), known as Oruç Reis to the Turks, was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the Spanish at Tlemcen.
He became known as Baba Aruj (Father Aruj) when he transported large numbers of Morisco, Muslim and Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa; in Europe he was known as Barbarossa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oruç Reis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.