Andrea Doria

Summary

Leader of the Christian fleet in the Mediterranean under Charles V, in al-Salabi's phrase ².

The captives' ruse

Hearing that Sultan Süleyman meant to invade Spain and had summoned Khayr al-Din from Algiers, Doria spread word among the Christian captives there of an imminent Spanish attack to free them; they rejoiced and rebelled — and Khayr al-Din executed them, which al-Salabi frames as the public-interest precaution before his 940/1533 departure ².

In Khayr al-Din's path

When Khayr al-Din reached Preveza its people rejoiced, fearing as they had Doria's attack — which withdrew on hearing of his coming ¹.

Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)

In early Dhu'l-Qa'da 925/October–November 1519 the notables of Algiers, at Khayr al-Din's order, sent the jurist Ahmad b. Qadi to Sultan Selim I with a letter (Topkapı archive no. 4656) asking to bind the city to the Ottoman state. Selim answered with the rank of beylerbey, artillery and 2,000 Janissaries; his name entered the pulpits and the coinage, and Algiers became the first North African province under Ottoman sovereignty — an entry al-Salabi stresses was by the inhabitants' appeal, not against their will.

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The captives' ruse

In Khayr al-Din's path

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Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)