Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairsCurrey, E. Hamilton (Edward Hamilton)
History
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem corsairs
Currey, E. Hamilton (Edward Hamilton)
Africa, North -- History; Pirates
Ibrahim, Grand Vizier to Soliman, 9,
his mission to Aleppo, 120;
advice, 123;
impressions of Barbarossa, 126;
return from Aleppo, 132;
his relations with Soliman, 173;
murdered, 176.
Innocent VIII., Pope, 98.
Ionian Islands, 179.
Ionian Sea, 49.
Ithaca, island of, 366.
Iviza, 82.
Janissaries, their character as soldiers, 8,
institution, 279;
system of training, 280;
mutiny in Algiers, 355.
Jerbale, 2, 50, 153, 251.
Jerusalem, Hospice of St. John at, 287.
Jigelli, 2, 56,
siege of, 57.
John of Jerusalem, St., Knights of, 18. _See_ Knights
Judeo, El, 88.
Kara-Hassan, takes possession of Shershell, 66,
beheaded, 67.
Khorkud, Governor of Caramania, 48.
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights of Malta,
their bigotry, 18,
take refuge at Limasol, 34;
characteristics, 35, 36;
fortifications of Rhodes, 35;
faith, 36;
repulse the Turks, 37;
expelled from Rhodes, 42, 277;
forced to retreat to Malta, 42, 277, 292;
their use of galleys, 229;
fight for their “Religion,” 277;
warfare against the corsairs, 277;
history of the Order, 286–291;
founded at Jerusalem, 287;
Grand Masters, 289–298, 301;
crusade against the Infidel, 289;
composition of the Order, 289;
languages, 290;
dress, 290;
form of government, 291;
in the siege of Malta, 300, 324–342;
number of deaths, 300;
capture fortresses, 312;
capture the “puissant galleon,” 313;
at Licata, 352;
their galleys captured by Ali Basha, 352–355.
Knights Templars, foundation of the Order, 291,
code of regulations, 291.
Kustir-Aga, chief Eunuch of the Seraglio, 313.
Lamirande, Chevalier, at the siege of Malta, 334,
killed, 341.
_Lancaster_, the cruiser, 231.
Lanciani, extract from “The Golden Age of the Renaissance,” 139.
Lantern, Fort of the, captured, 100.
Lautrec, Marshal de, 104.
Leo X., Pope, 41,
attempt on his life, 140;
flight to Rome, 141.
Lepanto, battle of, 6, 23, 362–372;
number of killed and wounded, 372.
Lerici, 104.
Leyva, Antonio de, 143.
Leyva, Don Sancho de, Governor of “Africa,” 267.
Liazzo, 246.
Licastelli, 345.
Licata, 352.
Limasol, 34.
Loredano, Jacques, 34.
Loredano, Captain, at the battle of Lepanto, 369.
Los Gelues, 112, 271.
Louis XII., 100,
joins the “Alliance of Christian Princes,” 38.
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