The Story Of The Most Famous Ottoman Captain! - Hayreddin Barbarossa 

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SubhanAllah. What a captain was Barbarossa!

In my home town in Algeria called Jijel we have a boat made of coper in the city centre called khir edin and baba arrouj' boat it symbolizes the Barbarossa brothers when they arrived to jijel/Algeria to kick the Spanish out of our country. So much history in Algeria, it was a hub for many civilisations and empires coming from europe and the middle east, hence a very diverse culture and languages.

As an Algerian I have a deep respect for Hayreddin who helped us against Spain. Without him we would have turned to a christian state dominated by Spain. A true muslim hero. 🇩🇿❤🇹🇷

Thank you for this very good content about Barbarossa Heiruddin, an important maritime Islamic figure that many Muslim dont know. I am from Malaysia where at the year around 1500 has an Islamic Kingdom called Malacca. Although this kingdom was defeated by the Portuguese in 1511, it was heard that they have contacts with Turkish Ottoman around that time. This content give good inspiration to us as a Muslim...Thank you....

Please, some misrepresentations must be addressed: 1. Hayreddin wasn't a pirate, he was a corsair (privateer). the word corsair in English, corsaire in French, corsaro in Spanish, and korsan in turkish comes from the Latin word corsan. Unlike the pirate who pillages whatever cross his path and doesn't pledge allegiance to any political entity, the corsair operates under the sovereignty of a certain political entity and attacks its enemies only. The pirate is the enemy of all whereas the corsair is the a legitimate sea warrior. 2. Oruç reis wasn't killed by the spaniards and the natives of Algeria in 1508. He was killed by the Spaniards and their allies of the natives (the kingdom of tlemcen). Not all the natives were against him as a lot of them were in his army and help him fight against the Spaniards. Aside from that, it is a great video. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

ماشاء الله Islam has a rich and beautiful history in every part of the world. شكرا الحمد لله there are now people bringing this history to life in the cinema.

They never told us this history in our schools here in the west. I've never heard of him, what a hero, the umpteenth in our beautiful faith, what a beautiful history! Al hamdoulilah for Islam 🤲

in Pakistan our mothers tells the stories of the Great Navel-Muslim Commander Herruddin Barbarossa he is the hero of hole Muslim world😍.love from Pakistan 🇵🇰💕 Allah-o-Akber

Yeah, Captain Barbarossa is so well-known, even outside Turkey. I was a marine science student and my seniors told us about the greatness of Captain Barbarossa during an orientation day. Even my seniors batch (class 2015) was named "Barbaros".

Awesome 👌 Allah hu Akbar,Thank you for the English translation, salute from Malaysia 🇲🇾

لله ما أعطى ولله ما أخذ ، رحمة الله عليه وعلى ٱمة محمد 🇩🇿❤️❤️from Algeria

He's a great admiral. The most powerful admiral the world has ever seen. He defeated the Crusaders many times. At that time, the western states that committed genocide against the indigenous people in the Americas suffered a great defeat in the presence of Barbaros Pasha. He lived during the years when the Ottoman Empire was a superpower.(Period of Suleiman the Magnificent) There was no power that could stand against the Ottomans at sea and on land. It is respected all over the world. I suggest you do more research on Barbaros Pasha. Greetings from Türkiye

Capitan Barbarosa Helped My Country Against Spanish Crusade, I don't mean to insult I respect Christians, Love Turkey From Algeria 🇩🇿❤️🇹🇷

I did a history project about him last year, I learned so much about him.

We in Algeria 🇩🇿 we do love him n hugely respect him...we know him very well even our children know him...as we study about his career as well as his brothers' at school...we consider them Algerians they even married Algerian women...and even if they are not from Algerian origins they are our brothers in Islam which is even more stronger than any other ties...May Allah have mercy on their souls...n grant them paradise...may almighty Allah get us gathered in jannah...Ya Raba Alalameen...by the way the Algerians never stood against him as you mentioned at the beginning of the video on the contrary they fought with him n they even invited him to stay with them n govern from 🇩🇿 Algeria...

Your language is very sharp & clear..💚🇧🇩 Bangladesh

An awesome historical lesson ✌️🤲. I watch many historical turkish drama series. I'm in the middle of kurulus Osman now. I'll watch Barbarosa when I'm done. 🇨🇦🤺

Last line "He knew what exactly mission on Earth was" explains everything 🌟

As an Algerian Turc, proud of my first ancestors who protected Algeria. Oruç (RIP) was killed by Spinards and some Zianides allies. Algerian poulation was the one who called Hayreddin,Oruç and their oldest brother Isaac who also died in Algeria (may all of them RIP)

What a real Captain and Warrior, but not surprising at all because we have a lot of great Warriors back in our magnificent history.

Some people in the comment section are fighting over his ethnicity. Was he Turkish or Albanian or Algerian? The real answer and ONLY CORRECT ANSWER IS: Who cares about ethnicty and race when Allah swt commanded you to not care about anything except being muslim and devout! Update: People are still arguing in the comments as if they don't even care about Allah's opinion but only their own. Race or colour or nationality is as worthless as all our opinions. It does NOT matter NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. What matters is how many Barbarossa's are there today? How many follow his example or the best of examples of the Prophet PBUH?

We need more like this bro, exceptionally amazing 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Shukur Alhamduillah How Allah suddenly guides me to this clip. I now have learnt 2 secrets of the Quran 26:33 and 33:9 👍

these are the legends of Islam our kids should be learning about

Masya Allah Tabarakallah! An amazing video indeed, truly inspiring!

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩❤️❤️

Mashallah This kind of documentry I have never seen before. Keep going.. We need more like this. 👍 And thanks

What a Man Alhamdulillah! I feel proud that I am in the same religion which have such bravest names!

MashAllah. Nice content for Muslim history learner just like me. I appreciate your effort brother.

Masha Allah 😍 we need more videos like this...

He was not a pirate he was a sea legion..a hero of his nation

Allah razı olsun.

Keep doing more of these. They're amazing 👏👏

Undoubtedly what the Turkish Ottomans did for Islam should never never be forgotten. The Help of Allah is just a duah away. SUBHANALLAH. Ya Allah help us to establish truth and justice and to conquer falsehood and deception. Allah huma AMEEN summa AMEEN 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

Ma sha ALLAH what a video ❤️, also the editing was superb , may Allah grant us peace and capability to understand

All respect and admiration to the founder of the Algerian state and unifier of my country, when he told the Algerians he couldn’t do more than he did without joining the Ottoman Empire, then Algerians gladly accepted the request and so did the Ottoman Sultan selim yavuz. So when you say original inhabitants of Algeria, you made a mistake, it was a local corrupt ruler, hayreddin couldn’t do much with few sailors without proper local help, Algeria did a lot for Ottoman Empire, hope the Turks Know this.

*Masha Allah* What a presentation and explanation.. *Alhamdulillah* *Jazakallah*

This was great story that I never knew. Thank you for the story.

FOR SOME YEARS AGO I DIDNT KNOW WHAT THE LOVE AND GOODNESS OF ALLAH WAS NOW I DO FOR I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH HIS PEACE AND LOVE IS NOT OF THIS WORLD IT UNIQUE

Amazing video, very well researched and beautifully edited.

May Allah grant him highest positions in jannah greatest ever Barbarossa

Takbir ALLAHU AKBAR..what a great MUSLIM

Gone are the days where we find the likes of Salahuddin ayyubi, barbarossa.....May Allah swt forgive our sins & guide us all.

that's a muslim hero for you..... Allahu Akbar

Mashallah this video made me cry. you described preveza so good and purely even I felt myself on the board of Hayreddin Barbarossa's ship! Thank you and your team for your hard work!

Thank you for bringing this to us.

Mashaa Allah what a beautiful history of Barbarossa. Thanks for creating good hıstory channel to share the muslim heroes to young generation.

I live 5 minutes from his grave, funny how he was buried there so his resting place would be away from all the crowded city noise he despised and his soul could rest with the sound of waves right next to his beloved bosphorus. Now between him and the see, the busiest ferry pier in Istanbul. The neighbourhood is alive 24 hours. May he rest in peace, if that is even possible.

MashaAllah, such legends! 👍

Great informative Video and showing the Ture story of such great Warriors who had lead such Bravery and work hard for the Deen and the Islamic torch

Masha Allah and Jazakallahu Khairan. You are doing a great job. May Allah reward you both in this world and in the hereafter. Your videos are a real inspiration for me.

I hope turkish will make a tv series about him just like ertugrul & suleiman the magnificent

Allahu akbar when will we see the Muslims full of faith and power like before I wish this day is near because as a Muslim I'm tired of all the nations that are taking us for granted

MashaAllah, what lifetime of this amazing personality, jazakallah khairn for this splendid upload 💎

ALLAH.c.c razi olsun☺🌼

He was not a pirate he was defending and protecting their territory.

Marvellous Story, Wonderful Presentation 👍👏👏 Thank you so much. Allah bless you 🙌

Greatest admiral of all time

Great editing.👏

this was amazing

Mujy bara duhk h k barrbarossa jeasy alishan hero k bary mae ni bataya abi tak kaesi ny .lkn shukr h abi ju barbarossa series chal rahi h is sy bht quch janany ko mila .allhamdullilah

MashaAllah! May Allah SWT grant Jannah to the brave souls .....Ameen

You win a subscriber.

Thanks 🙏❤️

alhamdulillah.......Thanks to ALLAH the ALMIGHTY

Thank you so much , may Allah bless you for this wonderful presentation of history which many like me never know before.

Allah razı olsun Sözler Köşkü

Xlent bhai... ❤️😇

Amazing video. Thank you!

This is my second video in this chanel and it's super great! God bless your efforts 💓

Subhana Allah.. Thanks a lot 💕 I need story on battle of siffin can you make for me thanks 🙏

These channel is really really different. May allah be pleased with you. I really love your work😘😘

After watching the Turkish documentary movies. ..i fall in love with barbarousa brothers

Sultan of the Sea

I'm Algerian and the only battle that Barbarossa lost was in the ground of Algeria, Urudj died in Telemcen while kheir eddeen lost control in Algiers due to revolution of bel Qaddi he was forced to give the keys of Algiers back and soon after some years he came back by the request of Algerians themselves cause he was honorable and best ruler

Awesome content!

I WATCH UR VIDEO OF BARBAROSA FISRT TIME AND WHAT TO SAY AMAZING HISTORY EXCELLENT WORK BRO KEEP IT UP .

Great man . Greatest ever ! The Turkish nation should, be very proud of him , and such honourable history . 👍

Beautiful, Alhumdullilah.

alhamdulillah. Thanks to ALLAH

May Allah bless you hayredin the Muslims still love you from Morocco two Indonesia

Algerians untill now , know by Heart Barbarossa Anthem and it is : The Best Of Death, Is Under The Shadows Of Swords. ......We don't kneel to a King or Death like Morrocans do.

That is why I love Barbaroslar series

An excellent video on an excellent topic. God Bless!

you have told it very beautiful and interesting way. Thank you brother.

Keep doing..

Ahadun Ahad ☝️

Masya Allah😭😭😭...reminds me of the battle of baddar, and the war where prophet Daud a.s won against jalut. What a great leader and a sholihiin.

Great video!...Masha'Allah!

The origins and early years of Hayreddin are obscured by tales concerning him that originated in the sixteenth century but were sensationalized by Europeans in the seventeenth. Fortunately, more reliable information from Hayreddin himself corrects these inaccuracies that misrepresent his background and early activities. Hayreddin's father, Yakub, the son of a sipahi from the Balkans in the vicinity of Vardar Yenice (present-day Giannitsa in Greece), volunteered to participate in the conquest of Lesbos in 1462. Vardar Yenice had been the center of "gazi" expansion in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. But Yakub must have found greater opportunities on Lesbos because he remained on the island and married a local woman, the daughter of a Christian. Yakub and his wife had four sons-Ishak, Oruç, Hızır, and Ilyas-two of whom, Oruç and Hızır (known as Hayreddin to Muslims and Barbarossa to Europeans), became famous seafarers. Although Hayreddin's father's ethnicity is debatable, on the mosque that Hayreddin built in Algiers in 1520, he identified his father as a Turk. As the son of a cavalryman in the Balkans, his father might have been a descendant of either the earlier Turkish raiders who were centered on Vardar Yenice under Gazi Evrenos or of the local inhabitants who lived there. What is most likely for the later fifteenth century was that he had ancestry from both groups. That Hayreddin emphasized on the mosque that he built in Algiers that his father was "Turkish" made sense in the context of the spread of Turkish-speaking seafarers into the waters of the western Mediterranean that had begun under Kemal Reis and Piri Reis. In light of the developing conflict in the western Mediterranean where Muslim Turkish-speaking seafarers from the eastern Ottoman lands were beginning to lead resistance to Habsburg expansion in North Africa, this aspect of his identity would have merited emphasis.' Isom-Verhaaren, C., n.d. The Sultan's fleet. p.108. Lines 3-4 of this six line inscription provided the following detail relative to Hayreddin and his paternal lineage: السلطان المجاهد في سبيل الله رب العلمين مولاناخير الدين ابن الامير الشهير المجاهد ابی یوسف یعقوب الترکی Es-sultânü'l mucâhid fi sebîlï'llâhi Rabbi'l-âlemîn Mevlâna Hayreddin ibnü'l-emîrü'ş-şehir el-mücâhid Ebi Yusuf Ya'kub et-Türki Sultan of the Warriors for the faith-fi sebîlï'llâhi Rabbi'l-âlemîn (in the service of God, Lord of all mankind)- Our Lord Hayreddin, Son of the Great Emir, the Celebrated, the Warrior for the Faith, the father of Yusuf, Ya'kub-the Turk In addition, at the end of line six it provides the date: 19-28 Cemâziyelevvel 926 (April 19-28, 1520). This date establishes that his mescid was built in the very period that Hızır Reis was seeking the assistance of the Ottoman ruler Selim 1. Their negotiations culminated with his acceptance of Ottoman suzerainty on September 20, 1520. From that date forward he named the Ottoman rulers both on the coins he minted in Algiers and in the hutbe (Friday prayer sermon),¹4 The use of the honorific 'Hayreddin' on the Algiers inscription appears to undermine the oft repeated assertion of Şeraffetin Turan and others that it was bestowed upon him either by Sultan Selim or Sultan Süleyman, establishing instead that he must have been so known prior to his entering Ottoman service. 15 Indeed, it suggests that this is how he was commonly known in Algiers as early as April 1520, i.e., as the endower he presumably would not have used it on his mescid's inscription were it not the name he was known locally by.16 Hadjianastasis, M., 2015. Frontiers of the Ottoman imagination. Leiden: Brill, p.192. This petition, initiated by Barbaros, was sent to Selim (together with four ships and numerous slaves for the ruler and his commanders), requesting his assistance in combating the Spanish for control of North Africa and offering the Ottoman ruler the over lordship of Algiers.18 It names Oruç and his brother Hayreddin, i.e., clearly 'Hızır' was calling himself 'Hayreddin' prior to his formally entering Ottoman service.19 In short, the hon orific rather than having been bestowed by either Selim or Süleyman, appears to have been self-granted. Was the Algiers inscription our only source for the name of Hayreddin's father, we might rightfully conclude that it confirms that his father was a Turk named Ya'kub. Less clear is the manner in which the name is given. It appears as: Hayreddin bin..... Ebi Yusuf Ya'kub et-Türki (literally: Hayreddin, Son of.... the father of Yusuf, Ya'kub the Turk), a form which is to say the least con fusing. Some earlier writers, in an attempt to make sense of it, have suggested (incorrectly in my view) that it should in fact be literally read and interpreted as: Ya'kub the Turk, the father of Yusuf,20 and then concluded that Ya'kub in fact had five not four sons: while others have simply given the names found on the inscription with no translation and no comment on the strange form of the name.21 My reason for not accepting a literal interpretation of the phrase: 'the father of Yusuf, Ya'kub the Turk, i.e., for rejecting the idea that Yusuf was indeed a fifth son of Ya'kub, is based upon the fact that the Gazavât-ı Hayreddin Paşa clearly states that Ya'kub and Katarina had four sons: After a period of time their marriage resulted in the birth of four capable sons, among which the eldest is named Ishak and the second is named Oruç and the third is named Hızır, who is called His Excellency Hayreddin Paşa at this time, and the youngest is named İlyas,22 Hadjianastasis, M., 2015. Frontiers of the Ottoman imagination. Leiden: Brill, p.193. Andalusia in Spain.83 According to the Gazavat (and therefore Hayreddin himself), Hayreddin was the son of a Muslim father and a Greek mother. Another significant source that reveals Hayreddin's self-identification is the inscription on the mosque he built in Algiers. This inscription dating to April 1520 states that he was: 'al-sultan al-mudjahid mawlana Khayr al-Din ibn al-amir al shahir al-mudjahid Abi Yusuf Ya'kub al-Turki.'84 Thus Hayreddin claimed that his father was 'Turkish.' Whether this inscription reflected the conflict with the Habsburgs in the western Mediterranean where Turkish speaking seamen had been raiding Christian shipping since the 1490s or whether Hayreddin's father was descended from Turkish settlers in the Balkans is impossible to determine. Brantôme related a story that he had heard about the origins of the Barbarossa brothers, although he stated that it was generally known that Hayreddin was from Lesbos. According to Brantôme, a French noble family claimed that the Barbarossas were actually from France, but, since they had gone to Lesbos and converted to Islam, it was thought that they were originally from there. He admitted that this claim was unlikely, but that if it were true Hayreddin brought honor to France. Brantôme discussed Hayreddin's ancestry in his 'Discours' on French couronnels. When he described his exploits in his collection of biographies of great foreign commanders, he referred the reader back to what he had previously written concerning Barbarossa's ancestry. Brantôme considered Hayreddin both possibly French, because of his ancestry, and foreign, because of his service to Süleyman, the Ottoman sultan. While historians continue to debate the ethnic origins of the Barbarossa brothers, Hayreddin remained loyal to the Ottoman sultan despite offers from Charles V to persuade him to enter his service. In the days before he became the admiral of the Turkish Navy, Barbarossa never forgot that he was a Turk and a Muslim. When he and Aruj first came to Tunis, they were not acting in the sultan's service , but they were not pirates either . They were privateers who sought profit for themselves by attacking their country's enemies . Grant, N., 1972. Barbarossa, the Pirate King. New York: Hawthorn Books, p.72.

ما شاء الله. تبارك الله.

Subhan Allah, the past of islam is so amazing, he have to learn about it to be succsesfull again inschallah

thank you for such a beautiful video. It elevate my knowledge on list of great muslims in the past

Subhan Allah ❤️❤️❤️ ZIHAAD FISABILILLAH

This Story Inspires Me

Masha Allah those heroes my Allah grant highest janna

Thank u for your sincerity

What a iman!