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Dragut (Turgut Reis)

درغوث رايس

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 1.

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military · Ruler
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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Summary

Governor of Tripoli and Djerba, one of the great Ottoman sea captains 1.

Tripoli and Malta

Pressed by rebels at home, he persuaded Piyale Pasha in 967/1560 to turn aside to Tripoli and crush the rising near Tajura; Süleyman then ordered him to join the Malta campaign of 973/1565 with Piyale and Hasan b. Khayr al-Din 1.

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

People and things also explored

Piyale Pasha· Conquest of Tripoli and Barqa (22 AH)· 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)· Tripoli (Libya)

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 249-252
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Piyale Pasha

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.