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    Andreas Londos

    Greek politician
    Andreas Londos
    Overview: Andreas S. Londos (Greek: Ανδρέας Λόντος, 1786–1846) was a Greek military leader and politician. Born in Vostitsa in 1786, he was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818, and was one of the first military ...
    Date of birth: 1786
    Date of death: 1846
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Military
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    Oruç Reis

    Native of Mitylene; turned corsair; became sovereign of Algiers
    Oruç Reis
    Overview: Oruç Reis (Ottoman Turkish: عروج ريس; Spanish: Aruj; c. 1474 – 1518) was an Ottoman corsair who became Sultan of Algiers. The elder brother of the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born ...
    Date of birth: 1474
    Date of death: 1518
    Age: 43 (age at death)
    Nationality: Algerian
    Occupation: Military
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    Murat Reis the Elder

    Ottoman admiral
    Overview: Murat Reis the Elder (Turkish: Koca Murat Reis; Albanian: Murat Reis Plaku c. 1534 – 1609) was an Ottoman privateer and admiral, who served in the Ottoman Navy. He is regarded as one of the most important ...
    Date of birth: 1534
    Date of death: 1609
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: Albanian
    Occupation: Sailor
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    Ali Pasha

    Albanian ruler (1740–1822)
    Ali Pasha
    Overview: Ali Pasha (1740 – 24 January 1822), variously referred to as of Tepelena or of Janina/Yannina/Ioannina, or the Lion of Yannina, was an Ottoman Albanian ruler who served as pasha of a large part of western ...
    Date of birth: 1740
    Date of death: 24 January 1822
    Age: 81 (age at death)
    Nationality: Albanian
    Occupation: Military
    Gender: Male
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    Limberakis Gerakaris
    Overview: Liverios Gerakaris (Greek: Λιβέριος Γερακάρης; c. 1644 – 1710), more commonly known by the hypocoristic Limberakis (Greek: Λιμπεράκης), was a Maniot pirate who later became Bey of Mani.
    Date of birth: 1644
    Date of death: 1710
    Age: 65 (age at death)
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    Overview: Alexandra Mavrokordatou (Greek: Αλεξάνδρα Μαυροκορδάτου; 1605–1684) was a famous Greek intellectual and salonist. She was also known as Loxandra Scarlatou.
    Date of birth: 1605
    Date of death: 1684
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Politician
    Gender: Female
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    Ioannis Varvakis

    Greek revolutionary
    Ioannis Varvakis
    Overview: Ioannis Varvakis (Greek: Ιωάννης Βαρβάκης; 1745–1825), also known as Ivan Andreevich Varvatsi (Russian: Иван Андреевич Варваци), was a Greek distinguished member of the Russian and Greek communities, ...
    Date of birth: 1745
    Date of death: 1825
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Philanthropist
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    Krokodeilos Kladas

    Μilitary leader from the Peloponnese
    Overview: Krokodeilos Kladas (Greek: Κροκόδειλος Κλαδάς, 1425–1490), also known as Korkodeilos, Krokondeilos, or Korkondelos, was a Greek military leader, specifically an armatolos, in the Morea (medieval Pelop ...
    Date of birth: 1425
    Date of death: 1490
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Occupation: Military
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    Overview: Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey (Greek: Ὀμάρης or Ἀμάρης; fl. 1435–1484) was an Ottoman general and governor. The son of the famed Turahan Bey, he was active chiefly in southern Greece: he fought in the Morea against ...
    Date of birth: 1435
    Date of death: 1484
    Age: 48 (age at death)
    Occupation: Military
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    Rûm

    autonym
    Rûm
    Overview: Rūm (Arabic: روم collective; singulative: رومي Rūmī plural: أروام ʼArwām Persian: روم Rum or رومیان Rumiyān, singular رومی Rumi; Turkish: Rûm or Rûmîler, singular Rûmî), also romanized as Roum, is ...
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    Rumelia

    Term for the Balkans under Ottoman rule
    Rumelia
    Overview: Rumelia (Ottoman Turkish: روم ايلى, Rum İli, transl. Land of the Romans; Turkish: Rumeli; Greek: Ρωμυλία) was the name of a historical region in Southeastern Europe that was administered by the ...
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    Filiki Eteria

    Secret Greek nationalist organization that successfully conspired to establish a sovereign Greek state
    Filiki Eteria
    Overview: Filiki Eteria (Greek: Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία, Filikī́ Etaireía) or Society of Friends (Greek: Ἑταιρεία τῶν Φιλικῶν, Etaireía tôn Filikôn) was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 ...
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    Sanjak of Eğriboz

    Former Ottoman province in Greece
    Sanjak of Eğriboz
    Overview: The Sanjak of Eğriboz or Ağriboz (Greek: Σαντζάκι Ευρίπου) was an Ottoman province (sanjak) encompassing eastern Continental Greece. Its name derives from its capital, Eğriboz/Ağriboz, the Turkish form ...
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    Eyalet of the Archipelago

    Province of the Ottoman Empire (1533-1864) in the Mediterranean Sea
    Eyalet of the Archipelago
    Overview: The Eyalet of the Islands of the White Sea (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت جزایر بحر سفید, Eyālet-i Cezāyir-i Baḥr-i Sefīd, "Eyalet of the Islands of the White Sea") was a first-level province (eyalet) of the ...
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    Janina Vilayet

    Province of the Ottoman Empire from 1867 to 1912
    Janina Vilayet
    Overview: The Vilayet of Janina, Yanya or Ioannina (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت يانیه, Vilâyet-i Yanya) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, established in 1867. In the late 19th ...
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    Pashalik of Yanina

    Autonomous province of the Ottoman Empire
    Pashalik of Yanina
    Overview: The Pashalik of Yanina, sometimes referred to as the Pashalik of Ioannina or Pashalik of Janina, was an autonomous pashalik within the Ottoman Empire between 1787 and 1822 covering large areas of Albania ...
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    Overview: Kurtoğlu 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 ...
    Date of birth: 1487
    Date of death: 1535
    Age: 47 (age at death)
    Occupation: Sailor
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    Kemal Reis

    Ottoman privateer and admiral
    Kemal Reis
    Overview: Kemal Reis (c. 1451 – 1511) was an Ottoman privateer and admiral. He was also the paternal uncle of the famous Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, who accompanied him in most of his important naval ...
    Date of birth: 1451
    Date of death: 1511
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Occupation: Military
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    Germanos of Patras

    Greek bishop
    Germanos of Patras
    Overview: Germanos III of Old Patras (Greek: Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771–1826), born Georgios Gotzias, was an Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras. He played in important role in the Greek Revolution of 1821, having ...
    Date of birth: 1771
    Date of death: 1826
    Age: 54 (age at death)
    Nationality: Greek
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    Overview: Pseudo-Dorotheos of Monemvasia (Greek: Δωρόθεος Μονεμβασίας) is the name given to the unknown author (or compiler) of a Greek-language chronicle titled Historical Book (Βιβλίον Ιστορικόν), published at ...
    Nationality: Greek
    Occupation: Historian
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