Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis

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Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis
BornSixteenth-century
Allegiance 
Ottoman expedition to Aceh

Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis was an

Ottoman naval expedition to Sumatra in Indonesia
(1568–1569).

Background and family origins

Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis was the son of the famous

Hızır Reis, Kemal Reis, Piri Reis and Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis often sailed together in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]

Ottoman naval expedition to Sumatra (1568–1569)

Main article:
Ottoman expedition to Aceh

In 1565, Sultan Alaaddin of

Battle of Szigetvár, his final military campaign) for defending his land from Portuguese aggression. Due to Suleiman's death in 1566, the Ottoman naval expedition to Sumatra was sent by his son, Selim II
, who appointed Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis with the mission.

Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis was the Admiral-in-Chief of the Ottoman Indian Ocean Fleet based in Suez, with other homeports in Aden and Basra. In 1568 he set sail with a force of 22 ships carrying soldiers, military equipment and other supplies, but was prevented to cross the Indian Ocean by the campaigns in Yemen. Only some of the cannons were shipped to the Sumatran sultanate (Göksoy, "Ottoman-Aceh relations", 78).


See also

References and sources

  1. ^ a b c d Bono, Salvatore: Corsari nel Mediterraneo (Corsairs in the Mediterranean), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993.
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