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Turkish admirals and sea rovers of the 16th century, -- Arouj and Khizr
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Levant, of whom the most successful were Arouj and his brother
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He was a coasting trader and skipper, and had four sons -- Elias, Isaak, Arouj and Khizr, all said to have been born after 1482.
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Arouj and Khair-ed-Din joined the exiled Moors of Granada in raids on the Spanish coast.
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The rival party then called in the Spaniards, by whom Arouj was expelled and slain while fleeing at the Rio Salado.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Arouj having fallen in battle with the Spaniards in 1518, his brother
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Spaniards, but were beaten off, and Arouj lost an arm, shattered by an arquebus shot.
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In an action with a galley of the Knights of Saint John, then established at Rhodes, Elias was killed and Arouj taken prisoner; the latter was ransomed by a Turkish pasha and returned to the sea.
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1518 Arouj was drawn away to take part in a civil war in Tlemçen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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