Öz
Due to the dearth of personal narratJves and the lack of prJntJng press Jn the Ottoman EmpJre, Jt Js extremely dJffJcult to reconstruct the lJves of Ottoman grandees. EmJlJo Sola’s UchalÓ Js extremely valuable Jn thJs regard, because Jt provJdes mJnute detaJls on the lJfe of enJgmatJc Ottoman Grand AdmJral, Uluc AlJ, a.k.a. DJonJsJo Galea, a CalabrJan renegade whose unfortunate capture by corsaJrs when he was a young boy paved the way for an exceptJonal success story Jn MedJterranean borderlands. QuJckly rJsJng through corsaJr ranks, thJs son of a poor fJsherman would fJrst be Governor-General of TrJpolJtanJa, then of AlgerJa, reachJng the zenJth of Ottoman naval establJshment wJth hJs appoJntment as the
Kapudan Paůa Jn 1572.
Kaynakça
- Emilio Sola Castaño, UchalÓ: el Calabrés Tiñoso, o el mito del corsario muladÓ en la frontera, Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2011, 512 pp., ISBN 978-847-2905-19-1
Öz
Due to the dearth of personal narratJves and the lack of prJntJng press Jn the
Ottoman EmpJre, Jt Js extremely dJffJcult to reconstruct the lJves of Ottoman
grandees. EmJlJo Sola’s UchalÓ Js extremely valuable Jn thJs regard, because Jt
provJdes mJnute detaJls on the lJfe of enJgmatJc Ottoman Grand AdmJral, Uluc
AlJ, a.k.a. DJonJsJo Galea, a CalabrJan renegade whose unfortunate capture by
corsaJrs when he was a young boy paved the way for an exceptJonal success story
Jn MedJterranean borderlands. QuJckly rJsJng through corsaJr ranks, thJs son of a
poor fJsherman would fJrst be Governor-General of TrJpolJtanJa, then of AlgerJa,
reachJng the zenJth of Ottoman naval establJshment wJth hJs appoJntment as the
Kapudan Paůa Jn 1572.
Kaynakça
- Emilio Sola Castaño, UchalÓ: el Calabrés Tiñoso, o el mito del corsario muladÓ en la frontera, Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2011, 512 pp., ISBN 978-847-2905-19-1
Ayrıntılar
| Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
|---|---|
| Bölüm | Makaleler |
| Yazarlar | |
| Yayımlanma Tarihi | 10 Ağustos 2015 |
| Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2015 |