Saruca Pasha
Saruca Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Kapudan Pasha | |
| Monarch | Murad I |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Ottoman Navy Ottoman Army |
| Rank | Grand Admiral |
Saruca Pasha (? - 1415)was an Kapudan Pasha Of Murad I. and Governor He commissioned and launched the first Ottoman fleet, consisting of 60 ships, from the Gallipoli naval yard. With this fleet, he embarked on expeditions in the Aegean Sea. He conducted naval raids on the islands of Euboea and Chios, as well as the coast of Greece, and captured vast spoils. Saruca Pasha was of Turkish origin[1][2] and probably died in 1415.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Osmanlı Dönemi Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 26 January 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
- ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971. (in Turkish)
- ^ Yayın Kurulu "Saruca Paşa", (1999), Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş.
- ^ https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/saruca-pasa