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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Pope Julius III, Bernardino Ochino, Kurto lu Muslihiddin Reis, Ismail I, Andrea del Sarto, Sultan Said Khan, John Zapolya, Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Macropedius, Patrick Hepburn, Ulrich, Duke of Wurttemberg, Pedro de Mendoza, Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Anna of Brandenburg, Lucien, Lord of Monaco, Ottmar Luscinius, Catherine of Mecklenburg, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Michael Stifel, Cristobal de Olid, Henry of the Palatinate, Xu Ai, Bonifazio Veronese, Magdalena de la Cruz, Filippo Giunti, Giovanni da Udine, H j Ujitsuna, Yolande Louise of Savoy, Piotr Gamrat, Charles de Lannoy, Fray Tomas de Berlanga, Pierfrancesco II de' Medici, Andrea Sabbatini, Catherine of Racconigi, Petar Hektorovi, George Dowdall, Giulio Raibolini, Erik Fleming. Excerpt: Kurto lu Muslihiddin Reis (1487 - c. 1535) was a privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Empire, as well as the Sanjak Bey (Provincial Governor) of Rhodes. He played an important role in the Ottoman conquests of Egypt (1517) and Rhodes (1522) during which he commanded the Ottoman naval forces. He also helped establish the Ottoman Indian Ocean Fleet based in Suez, which was later commanded by his son, Kurto lu H z r Reis. Kurto lu was known as Curtogoli in Europe, particularly in Italy, France and Spain. He is also alternatively referred to as Cadegoli, Cadoli, Gadoli, Kurtog Ali, Kurdogli, Kurdogoli, Kurdoglou, Cartugli, Cartalli and Orthogut in several European resources. Kurto lu Muslihiddin Reis was the father of Kurto lu H z r Reis, the Admiral-in-Chief of the Ottoman Indian Ocean Fleet who commanded the Ottoman naval expedition to Sumatra in Indonesia (1568-1569) in order to protect it from Portuguese aggression. The Ottoman fleet arrived to the Aceh province in 1569, whose ruler, Sultan Alaaddin, had earlier declared allegiance to th...
