Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Murad Reis of Algiers

مراد رايس الجزائري

An Algerian reis of Hasan Veneziano's era; around 994/1586 he pushed into the Atlantic, raided the Canary Islands and took rich plunder — the islands' governor's wife among the captives 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
corsair · military-leader
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
Review
Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it

Summary

An Algerian reis of Hasan Veneziano's era 1.

The Canaries raid

Around 994/1586 he pushed into the Atlantic, raided the Canary Islands and took rich plunder — the islands' governor's wife among the captives 1.

Connections

Explore the connections

Allied with
Hasan Veneziano

People and things also explored

Kılıç Ali Pasha· Algiers· Hasan Veneziano

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 272
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Murad Reis of Algiers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/murad-reis-aljazairi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Kılıç Ali Pasha

Ottoman kapudan pasha; once the state was settled in Tunis he set his sights on annexing Morocco and was ordered to march, reaching Algiers in Jumada II 989/June 1581. But Ahmad al-Mansur sealed his kingdom's passes, fortified the shores, sent an embassy to Istanbul and neared a military agreement with Spain, so the sultan accepted the fait accompli and ordered Uluj Ali and his deputy Jafar Pasha to abandon the Morocco operation for the east, where the Hejaz had grown troubled — ending his ambition of recovering al-Andalus. He died in 995/1587; with him ended Algiers' beylerbey system, and Hasan Veneziano succeeded him as kapudan.