Oruç Reis (Ottoman Turkish: عروج ريس; Spanish: Aruj; c. 1474 – 1518) was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the Spanish at Tlemcen.
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1474 Midilli, Ottoman Empire
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1518 (aged 43) Tlemcen, Ottoman Eyalet of Algeria
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