Sinan Reis
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Nickname(s) | The Great Jew Sinan the Chief The Famous Jewish Pirate Sinan the Jew |
Born | c. before 1533 Spain |
Died | Unknown Ottoman Empire |
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Years of service | c. before 1533-unknown |
Rank | Admiral |
Battles/wars | Battle of Preveza |
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Sinan Reis, also Ciphut Sinan, (
Life
Origins
While Ottoman sources are generally silent about his origins, most modern works assert that he was born to a
There are other sources though which claim that Sinan's epithet, "the Jew" does not refer to his Jewish origins. The sixteenth-century chronicler Francisco Lopez de Gómara argued that he was named so because he once escaped from an encounter with Christian ships while the nineteenth-century editor of his text speculated, not so quite understandably, that interest in astrology earned him his nickname.[4]
Corsair
Sinan was based out of
The English State Papers of 1533 bear evidences of his actions:
As to Coron, it was reported at Rome a few days ago that Andrea Doria was informed that the famous Jewish pirate had prepared a strong fleet to meet the Spanish galleys which are to join Doria's nineteen[5]
His
Sinan sailed under the famed
The Spanish hired Christian foreces to protect the barbary coast from the corsairs. Sinan led the battle and the defeat of the Genoan navy hired by the Spanish.[2]
He commanded 6000 troops, stationed in Tripoli, Libya. Sinan's soldiers which were initially stationed in a fortress from eventually conquered the city. It is said Sinan was so angry by the resistance put up against him in Tripoli that he improsined the entire enemy garrison save a few.[2]
He was eventually the supreme commander in the Ottoman Navy.[2]
Sinan Reis died in 1556 after a heavy illness. It is said that he died just days before a planned departure for a raiding mission to the coast of India.[8]
Not to be mistaken
Sinan (the pirate) is not the Sinan buried in a
See also
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7679-1952-4. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c d "Sinan "The Great Jew" - Jewish Pirate - J-Grit.com". www.j-grit.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ a b Plaut, Steven (October 15, 2008). "Putting the Oy Back into 'Ahoy'". Retrieved 2010-04-27. [1][2][3]
- ^ Gomara, Francisco Lopez (1853). Crónica de los Barbarrojas, in Memorial histórico español: Collección de documentos, opúsculos y antigüedades. Madrid: La Real Academia de la Historia. pp. 388–9.
- ^ Abrahams, Israel (1932). "Jewish Life in the Middle Ages". Edward Goldston. Retrieved 2010-04-28. ; Abrahams writes mistakenly 1521 for 1533 ([4])
- ^ "Where Did the Jews Expelled from Spain Go?". Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Sinan "The Great Jew" - Jewish Pirate". Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- JSTOR 1159719.
- ^ Famous Jewish Pirates, A history of Jewish pirates begins in Spain
- ^ Mitchell, James (1831). "The History of the Maritime Wars of the Turks" translated from the Turkish of Mustafa ben Abdulla Haji Khalifeh (KÂTIP ÇELEBI). Oriental Translation Fund. pp. 70–71.