Selman Reis
Videos
Selman Reis was an Egyptian Ottoman admiral and former corsair who was active in the Mamluk Navy of Egypt and later in the Ottoman Navy against the Portuguese in the first half of the 16th century. Se
Selman Reis defended Jiddah against a Portuguese attack in 1517.
Ottoman fleet in the Indian Ocean in the 16th century.
Siege of Jeddah
Videos
The siege of Jeddah was a naval battle that took place in the harbor of Jeddah between a Portuguese expeditionary force under Lopo Soares de Albergaria and Ottoman elements under Selman Reis, and Egyp
Selman Reis
…1,300 of whom were Turkish soldiers. The fleet built a fortress in Kamaran, but failed to take Yemen and Aden on 17 September 1516. In 1517, he defended Jeddah against a Portuguese attack, soon before the fall of the Mamluk regime. Selman Reis was sent to Istanbul and imprisoned for disloyalty until 1520…
Jeddah Defenses 1762
Portuguese carrack belonging to capt. Luís Pires, depicted in Memórias das Armadas, 1568.