Dragut (also Torghud, gate property, Turgut) was a Turkish pirate, admiral and with of Tripoli. Born in an smallasiatic village, he served under Chaireddin Barbarossa and spread in the Mediterranean fear and fright, so that emperor Karl V. sent the captain Andrea Doria to his pursuit. Dragut was again released with Korsika 1540 imprisoned, but after four years against ransom. It manned a fleet after Barbarossas death (1546) Neapel threatened by 24 Brigantinen, the coast of Kalabrien and seized 1550 of the city Mahdia in Tunesien. Then it was forced however from Doria to the escape, on which Mahdia was conquered by the Christians.

In order to accelerate the equipment of the Turkish fleet, Dragut went after Konstantinopel and caused that a Turkish fleet of 112 Galeeren manned with 12,000 Janitscharen ran out. After the income of Tripoli Dragut received this city and its area with the title Sandschak with. it was placed to 1552 of Sultan Soliman as gate property rice against the point of a large Turkish fleet. The fleet had sent Soliman due to between it and king the Heinrich of IITH secret contract arranged by France against Italy. Thereupon Dragut 1553 Kalabrien, made a lucky attack on Elba and besieged on that Bonifacio on Corsica. Bonifacio resulted however the Frenchman, whereby Dragut saw itself forced, to futile attempts, Piombino and Portoferraio to conquer, to Konstantinopel to return. He came 1554 again to the coasts of Kalabrien, withdrew themselves however soon thereafter into the port from Durazzo. 1559 he struck back an attack of the Spaniards on Algiers.

Its tyranny had made it hated meanwhile with all Satrapen of Africa on the extreme. Therefore several closed of them 1560 an alliance with the viceroy Cerda of Sicilies, which received the order from king Philipp II. from Spain to again-conquer Tripoli. But this enterprise did not succeed, since the Christian fleet was struck by the Turkish. When Sultan Soliman ran out 1565 for the conquest of Malta, Dragut with 16.000 discovered men 13 Galeeren and 2 Galeonen to the Turkish fleet, fell however before pc. Elmo by a mash ketene ball. Dying he still heard of the income of the Forts pc. Elmo, on 23 June 1565, which one owed primarily to its notice.

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