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Piyale Pasha

بيالي باشا

Ottoman fleet commander; he attacked Djerba in Ramadan 967/May 1560 and achieved his aims against Spain — which did not scruple to call in France — then, persuaded by Dragut, governor of Tripoli, punished the rebels near Tajura, entering Tripoli like a conqueror with enemy flags drooping from his masts. He commanded the fleet again at Malta in 973/1565 1.

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Roles
military · Ruler
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia · Maghreb
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Summary

Ottoman fleet commander under Süleyman the Magnificent 1.

Djerba and Tajura

He attacked Djerba in Ramadan 967/May 1560, achieving his aims against Spain — which did not scruple to call in France — then, persuaded by Dragut, turned to Tripoli to punish the rebels near Tajura, entering like a conqueror with enemy flags drooping from his masts 2.

Malta

He commanded the fleet at the Great Siege of Malta in 973/1565 by Süleyman's order 3.

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Participated in
Piyale Pasha's attack on Djerba (967/1560)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)

People and things also explored

Dragut (Turgut Reis)· Knights of St John (Hospitallers)· Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa· سليمان القانوني· Piyale Pasha's attack on Djerba (967/1560)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 249-252
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 249
  3. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 252
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Dragut (Turgut Reis)

Governor of Tripoli and Djerba; pressed by rebels at home, he persuaded Piyale Pasha in 967/1560 to turn aside to Tripoli and crush the rising near Tajura. Süleyman ordered him to join Piyale and Hasan b. Khayr al-Din in the Malta campaign of 973/1565.