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Salah Rais

c. 1488–1556 · 16th century · Also known as Salih Reis

Salah Rais (c. 1488–1556) was an Ottoman corsair and admiral who served as beylerbey of the Regency of Algiers from 1552 to 1556. A veteran of Hayreddin Barbarossa's campaigns, he extended Algerian power into the Sahara and over Tlemcen and took Bejaia from Spain in 1555. He died of plague in 1556 while preparing an attack on Spanish Oran.

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