عروج بربروسة

Overview

Uruj ibn Ya'qub ibn Yusuf al-Turki, known as Uruj Barbarossa, one of the sons of the Turkish conquerors settled on the island of Mudelli. His mother was an Andalusian Muslim ².

The name

al-Salabi reports that his name is taken from the event of the Night Journey and Ascension, and he inclines to the view that he was born on that night. The Turks pronounced it "Ouruj", then it was Arabised as "Uruj" ².

Naval jihad

He went with his brother Khayr al-Din to naval jihad from a young age, in the Archipelago sea, around the year 1510 CE ².

Then they moved their activity to North Africa, and established a base at the port of Jijel in the year 1514 CE to liberate Bejaia and help the Muslims of al-Andalus. They ruled Algeria and some neighbouring regions ².

Monuments and death

A marble slab remained on the gate of the fortress of Cherchell, bearing his name and the date 924 AH (1518 CE), and another marble slab on the gate of the Mosque of al-Shawwas in the capital, Algiers. He was killed in one of the battles in the year 1518 CE, and his brother Khayr al-Din succeeded him ².

Algiers

Algiers, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his way from the Maghrib to the East. According to Ibn Khaldun, Bulughin ibn Zirí ibn Manad al-Sanhaji founded it at his father's order and in his time; it is the one attributed to Banu Mazghanna on the sea coast, in the days of the Ubaydids at al-Qayrawan. It was the capital of naval jihad in North Africa in the sixteenth century; the brothers Aruj and Khayr al-Din Barbarossa entered it and governed it, and from it Khayr al-Din joined the Ottoman state after strengthening its fortifications

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Naval jihad

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