Aruj Barbarossa
Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Oruç Reis" redirects here. For ships bearing the same name, see Oruç Reis (ship).
Aruj Barbarossa (c. 1474 – 1518), known as Oruç Reis (Arabic: عروج بربروس) to the Turks, was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the Spanish at Tlemcen.
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Aruj Barbarossa | |
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Born | c. 1474 |
Died | May 1518 (aged 43–44) |
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Nickname | Barbarossa Red Beard Baba Aruj |
Years active | c. 1495 – 1518 |
Rank | Sultan of Algiers |
Base of operations | Mediterranean |
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He became known as Baba Aruj (Father Aruj) when he transported large numbers of Morisco, Muslim and Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa; folk etymology in Europe transformed that name into Barbarossa (which means Redbeard in Italian).[1]