Occhiali

Kılıç
Ali
Pasha
Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Fleet
In office
28 October 1571 – 25 June 1587
MonarchsSelim II and Murad III
Preceded byMüezzinzade Ali Pasha
Succeeded byDamad Ibrahim Pasha
Beylerbey of Algiers
In office
27 June 1568 – 28 October 1571
MonarchSelim II
Preceded byMehmed Pasha
Succeeded byArab Ahmed Pasha
Beylerbey of Tripoli
In office
1565–1568
MonarchsSuleiman I and Selim II
Preceded byDragut
Succeeded byYahya Pasha
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Dionigi Galeni

c. 1519
Le Castella, Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Calabria, Kingdom of Aragon
(present-day Italian Republic)
Died25 June 1587
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(present-day Republic of Turkey)
Resting placeKılıç Ali Pasha Complex
CitizenshipOttoman
OccupationMariner and Sailor
EthnicityCalabrian
Nickname(s)Uluch-Alì,, Uluç Ali, Uluj Ali, Ulucciali, Occhiali, Kılıç Ali
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Regency of Algiers Regency of Algiers
Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman Tripolitania
Branch/service Ottoman Navy
Years of servicec. 1536–1587
RankGrand Admiral
Battles/warsSiege of Tripoli (1551)
Battle of Djerba
Action of 1570
Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
 • Battle of Lepanto
 • Battle of Gozo (1570)
 • Siege of Navarino (1572)
Conquest of Tunis (1574)
Battle of Goleta

Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or Giovan Dionigi Galeni, also Uluj Ali, Turkish: Uluç Ali Reis, later Uluç Ali Paşa and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian privateer and admiral who served as the commander of the Regency of Algiers and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman fleet.

Born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, he was also known by several other names in the Christian countries of the Mediterranean and in the literature also appears under various names. Miguel de Cervantes called him Uchali in chapter XXXIX of his Don Quixote de la Mancha. Elsewhere he was simply called Ali Pasha. John Wolf, in his The Barbary Coast, refers to him as Euldj Ali.


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