BARBAROS HAYRETTN PAA - THE GREAT ADMIRAL

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Hayreddin Barbarossa, or Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha (Turkish: Barbaros Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa; also Khizr Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kapudan-i Derya, born Khizr or Khidr, Turkish: Hızır; c. 1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman Turkish admiral of the fleet who dominated the Mediterranean for decades. He was born on the island of Lesbos/Mytilini and died in Istanbul (Constantinople), the Ottoman capital. Hayreddin (Arabic: Khair 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 Baba Oruç (Father Aruj) after Aruj was killed in a battle with the Spanish in Algeria. This name sounded like "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard") to the Europeans, and Aruj did have a red beard. The nickname then stuck also to Hayreddin's Turkish name, in the form Barbaros.

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He was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral who dominated the Mediterranean for decades.

1529 - He captured Algiers.

1538 - Conquered Tunisia, and defeating the Holy Roman Emperor (Charles V) at Preveza. He became one of the great figures at the Court of Constantinople until his death.


Poem about Barbaros Hayrettin

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?

 

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The college in Pakistan Naval Academy (PNS Rahbar) is named after Barbarossa. On the entrance, there is a massive portrait of Admiral Barbarossa.

 

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Beylerbeyi Hayreddin Pasha

 

[teavdrama]

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Pakistan Drama

 

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Hayreddin Pasha Algiers Statue

 

[S.Y.A]

i want to read a book about him: The Sultan's Admiral, but cant find it anywhere

 

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and plz upload more info

 

[mehmeTcc]

I really don't know can we have this kind of admiral again. If you read his memories, you can understand what I trying to tell. This guy plundered almost all of the North Italian coasts, saved French , prepared raids to British Channel.

 

[AUz]

Well one of the greatest and most competent Naval Commander of human history. Ottoman Empire's Naval Might under Barbarosa dominated Western naval power for decades!!!!