Uluç Ali Reis

Pirate, Military Commander

1519 – 1587

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Who was Uluç Ali Reis?

Uluj Ali, a convert to Islam, was a pirate, who later became an Ottoman admiral, Bey of Algiers, and finally Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Fleet in the 16th century.

Born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, he was also known by several other names in the Christian countries of the Mediterranean and in the literature also appears under various names. He was often, especially in Italy, referred to as Occhiali, and Miguel de Cervantes called him Uchali in chapter XXXIX of his Don Quixote de la Mancha. Elsewhere he was simply called Ali Pasha. John Wolf, in his The Barbary Coast, refers to him as Euldj Ali.

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Born
1519
Calabria
Religion
  • Islam
Nationality
  • Italy
  • Turkey
Profession
Died
Jun 21, 1587
Istanbul

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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