Piyale Pasha
Also recorded as Pialì Bassà · Piali Bassa · Piyale Mehmed Paşa
Piyale Pasha
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- Born
- 1515 · Pelješac.
- Died
- 1578 · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- sailor · statesperson · political writer · poet · admiral · vizier
- Education
- Enderûn
- Languages
- Ottoman Turkish · Turkish · Persian
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Pialì Bassà, Piali Bassa and Piyale Mehmed Paşa. His recorded languages were Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Persian and Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam. He married Gevherhan Sultan. Other recorded relations include Selim II.
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Piyale Pasha lived from 1515 to 1578 and was an admiral and “Wesir”. The birth of Piyale Pasha is recorded in 1515 in Pelješac, and the death in 1578 in Istanbul.
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1515
Piyale Pasha born at Pelješac.
1578
Piyale Pasha died at Istanbul.
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Pelješac.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500523890, Piyale Pasha.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q949051: Piyale Pasha
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- 1.Hume, Martin A. S. Philp II. of Spain. Ardent Media (Haskell House Publishers 1969). 15. 1969.
- 2.Taylor, Roderick. Embroidery of the Greek Islands and Epirus. Interlink Books. 15. 1998. 978-1-899296-05-7.
- 3.J. Davy and Sons at the Dryden Press. A History of the Island of Chios, A.D. 70-1822. 57. 1913.
- 4.James Fitzmaurice-Kelly. The Life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra A Biographical Literary, and Historical Study, with a Tentative Bibliography from 1585 to 1892, and an Annotated Appendix on the Canto de Calíope. Chapman and Hall. 24. 1892.
- 5.John Frederick Charles Fuller. From the earliest times to the Battle of Lepanto. Minerva Press. 560. 1954.
- 6.Eric Forbes-Boyd. Aegean Quest A Search for Venetian Greece. Norton. 71. 1970. 978-0-393-08604-1.
- 7.Hidden, Alexander W. The Ottoman Dynasty A History of the Sultans of Turkey from the Earliest Authentic Record to the Present Time, with Notes on the Manners and Customs of the People. N. W. Hidden via Princeton University. 154. 1912.
- 8.Stephan Gaselee. Chius Vincta. Cambridge University Press. xcvi. 1941.
- 9.The companion guide to Istanbul and around the Marmara John Freely
- 10.Europe and Islam Franco Cardini
- 11.İDRİS BOSTAN. PİYÂLE PAŞA. TDV Islam Encyclopedia.
- 12.History of the Ottoman empire and modern Turkey Stanford Jay Shaw
- 13.Guida dell'Abruzzo, by Enrico Abbate; Rome (1903); page 346.
- 14.E. Abbate, page 348.
- 15.E. Abbate, page 305.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, London, 1910
- Bono, Salvatore: Corsari nel Mediterraneo (Corsairs in the Mediterranean), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993.
- Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book.
- Bradford, Ernle, The Sultan's Admiral: The life of Barbarossa, London, 1968.
- Wolf, John B., The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks, New York, 1979;
- The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.
- Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500523890, Piyale Pasha.The Getty Research Institute
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Piyale Pasha is recorded as sailor, statesperson, political writer, poet and admiral.
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