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He was known as Barbarossa ("Red Beard") to Europeans, and Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha in Turkish. His original name in Turkish was Hizir Bin Yakup, from the Arabic Khidr Ibn Ya'qub.
Khair ad Din was one of four brothers, Ishaq, 'Aruj, Ilias, and Khidr, who were born in the 1470s on the island of Lesbos to their father , Yakup, and a Christian mother, Katalina, said to be the widow of a Christian priest. Some sources make Yakup a Spahi, i.e. a feudal cavalry 'knight', while others make him a Janissary from Vardar.
The four brothers initially worked as sailors, and privateers in the Mediterranean to counteract the privateering of the Knights of St. John of the Island of Rhodes. Ilias was killed in battle, and 'Aruj was captured and imprisoned in Rhodes. 'Aruj later escaped, and went to Italy and from there to EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797. There he managed to get an audience with the SultanA sultan Arabic ) is an Islamic monarch ruling under the terms of shariah''. The title carries moral weight and religious authority, as the ruler's role was defined in the Quran. The sultan however was not a religious teacher himself. In the Byzantine Emp Qansoh al-Ghuri , who was preparing a fleet of ships to send to India. He gave him a ship, which 'Aruj manned with sailors and started attacking the islands of the Mediterranean that are controlled by Christians, from their base in AlexandriaLocated on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, al-iskandariyyah is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that country's second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. It is located at 31°12'N, 29°15'E, 208 km (129 miles).
Around 1505Events Christ's College, Cambridge founded. Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy. Idiosa III of Chardonnay murdered. Arabs reach Comoros. Births John Knox Thomas Tallis Deaths Ivan III of Russia Jacob Obrecht 1505. 'Aruj managed to seize three more ships and made the island of DjerbaDjerba or Jerba is a resort island off the coast of Tunisia. History The island was temporarily the naval base of the privateer Khair ad Din Barbarossa in the 16th century. Modern Times In 2002 a Jewish synagogue on the island was bombed, killing some Ger his base, thus moving his operations to the Western Mediterranean.
His fame increased when between 1504 and 1510 he transported Muslim Mudejars from Christian Spain to North Africa. In 1516, he captured Algiers, then Tlemcen, causing Abu Hamo Musa III to flee. Abu Zayan conspired against him, so he had him killed, and declared himself ruler over Algiers. In 1518, 'Aruj was killed in a battle with the Spaniards attempting to retake Tlemcen. He died at an age of 55 years, and Khair ad Din took his place.
Khair ad Din defeated the Spanish army that tried to capture Algiers in 1529. In 1531, he captured Tunisia, causing the Hafsid king al-Hasan Ibn Muhammad al-Hafsi too flee.