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
Skios island, 187.
Slaves, on board galleys, their treatment, 223–229,
mutiny at Lepanto, 228.
Smyrna, Basha of, 48.
Soliman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey, 9, 14, 109,
expels the Knights of St. John from Rhodes, 42, 277, 299;
embassy from Barbarossa, 60, 76;
sends reinforcements, 61;
recalls his ships, 61;
his conquest of the Mamelukes, 77;
invites the cooperation of Barbarossa, 110;
appoints him commander of his fleet, 111, 117, 127;
receives gifts from him, 118;
his reception of him, 120;
relations with Ibrahim, 173;
under the influence of Roxalana, 174;
declares war against Venice, 179;
defeated, 179;
preparations for campaigns, 183, 277, 316;
his demands from Charles V., 270;
loss of his “puissant galleon,” 313;
lamentations of his people, 314;
holds a conference, 316;
expedition against Malta, 316;
his death, 356.
Spaniards, under Moorish rule, 30,
expedition against the Barbarossas, 62;
repulse Hassan, 84;
captives, assist in the capture of Algiers, 89;
restored to liberty, 89.
Spartivento, Cape, 136.
Spezzia, Gulf of, 104.
Susa, 2, 250.
Swertius, Franciscus, his collection of epitaphs, 373.
Tabas, 88.
Taranto, 32.
Tarik, 15, 29.
Tenes, 2,
fall of, 72.
Thevenot, his Travels, 297.
Tiber, the, 139.
Tineo, Garzia de, kills Uruj Barbarossa, 73.
Tlemcen, 2.
Tlemcen, Sultan of, his flight to Fez, 72.
Toledo, Don Garcia de, 230;
in the expedition against Dragut, 265;
his character as a ruler, 317.
Toledo, Don Pedro de, 273.
Tours, Viscomte de, sent to Genoa, 102.
Tourville, Admiral de, criticism on, 283.
Traparni, 265.
Tripoli, 2, 153,
defence of, 10;
capture, 309;
fortifications, 311;
expedition against, 311.
Trivulce, Theodore, 104.
Tunis, 2,
captured by the corsairs, 137, 375;
massacre in, 141, 159;
fortifications repaired, 146;
rebellion in, 348;
appeal to Ali Basha, 349;
flight of Hamid, 350.
Tunis, Sultan of, his treaties with the Barbarossas, 51, 61,
repudiates treaty, 59.
Turks, their character as soldiers, 8, 124,
relations with the Sea-wolves, 33;
attack on Rhodes, 37;
defeated at Patras, 109.
Tuscany, Duke of, 235.
Urbain II., Pope, 287.
Urbino, Duke of, 99,
at the battle of Lepanto, 364.
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