Aruj Reis: Ottoman Corsair and Legendary Sultan of Algiers

Aruj Reis

A sailor and privateer commander who served the Ottoman Empire and expanded his power using Algiers in North Africa as his base. Known as the elder brother of Hayreddin Barbarossa, he ruled Algiers while fighting Spanish forces and claimed the title of Sultan of Algiers. He is also famous in tradition for transporting Muslims and Jews fleeing Spain to North Africa. In 1518, he died in battle against the Spanish army near Tlemcen.

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Year	Aruj Reis
1474	Birth of Aruj Reis (Period: c. 1474 (exact date unknown), Location: Mytilene, Lesbos Island, Hellenic Republic)
1490	Seafaring and privateering activities in the Mediterranean (Age: 16 years old, Period: Around 1490s to early 1510s, Location: Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, North African coast)
1516	Capture of Algiers (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1516, Location: Algiers (capital of present-day Algeria)) Battles with Spain over Algiers (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1516, Location: Algiers (capital of present-day Algeria)) Ascension as Sultan of Algiers (Oruç Reis, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1516 onwards, Location: Algiers (present-day Algeria)) Expansion of power based in Algiers (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1516–1517, Location: Around Algiers, Cherchell, Tenes, Miliana)
1517	Battles over Tlemcen (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1517–1518, Location: Tlemcen (present-day northwestern Algeria) and its surroundings) Coordination with the Ottoman Empire (Age: 43 years old, Period: Around 1517, Location: Algiers and the Ottoman imperial court) Expedition to Tlemcen and final days (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1517 to May 1518, Location: Around Tlemcen and Oran (present-day Algeria))
1518	Fall of Tlemcen and death in battle of Oruç Reis (Age: 44 years old, Period: Around January–May 1518, Location: Tlemcen (present-day northwestern Algeria)) Death of Aruj Reis (Age: 44 years old, Period: c. May 1518)
Unknown	Transport of refugees from Spain to North Africa (Period: Late 15th century to early 16th century, Location: Spanish coast, Mediterranean, North African coast) Spanish-Ottoman War (Period: Ongoing, mainly in the first half of the 16th century, Location: Mediterranean, North African coast, Algiers, surrounding areas of Tunis) Marriage (Oruç Reis, cannot be clearly confirmed in reliable historical sources, Period: Unknown, Location: Unknown)

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Group	List
Ottoman Empire	Mehmed II Bayezid II Selim I Suleiman I Selim II Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Murad IV Mehmed IV Mustafa II Ahmed III
Safavid dynasty	Suleiman I Abbas I Shah Ismail I Tahmasp I Ismail II Safi I Abbas II Sultan Hossein Nader Shah
Trade and Diplomacy	Piri Reis Hayreddin Pasha Turgut Reis Aruj Reis Abbas I Anthony Shirley Robert Shirley Jean Chardin Pietro della Valle William Baffin

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