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    brother's nickname, "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian). He also received the honorary name Hayreddin (from Arabic Khayr ad-Din, "goodness of the faith"...
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  • Khair ad-Din (Arabic: خير الدين), Arabic name meaning "the goodness of the faith", may refer to: Hayreddin Pasha (1330-1387), Ottoman grand vizier Jam...
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    entrance on its southern side. The inner harbour was begun in 1518 by Khair-ad-Din Barbarossa (see History, below), who, to accommodated his pirate vessels,...
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    of Algiers Sālim al-Tūmī invited the corsair brothers Aruj and Khair ad-Din Barbarossa to expel the Spaniards. Aruj, with the help of Ottoman troops,...
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    1546 (redirect from AD 1546)
    1494) June 13 – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer (b. 1490) July 4 – Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (b. 1475) July 9 – Robert Maxwell, 5th...
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    saw the place. When the city was attacked on 9 August 1539 by Khair ad-Din Barbarossa, and Cattaro was threatened, the citizens of Cattaro ran to her...
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    Swedes and Lübeckers defeat pirate fleet 1529 – Ottoman Turks under Khair-ad-Din (Barbarossa) defeat Spanish 1535 early – 20 June Swedes/Danes/Prussians defeat...
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    condition of countries by Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi (Harvard University: Center for Middle Eastern Studies 1967). Khair al-Din's The Surest Path (written in Arabic)...
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    war and piracy. It was mainly with fustas that the Barbarossa brothers, Baba Aruj and Khair ad Din, carried out the Ottoman conquest of North Africa and...
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  • 1494) June 13 – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer (b. 1490) July 4 – Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (b. 1475) July 9 – Robert Maxwell, 5th...
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