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Selman Reis was an Ottoman admiral and corsair who was active in the Mamluk Navy of Egypt and later in the Ottoman Navy against the Portuguese in the first half of the 16th century. Selman Reis was originally from the Aegean island of Lesbos.〔(''The Ottoman Age of Exploration'' Giancarlo Casale p.39 )〕 ==Mercenary for the Mamluk regime== Selman Reis entered the service of the Mamluks, and led a group of 2,000 armed Levantines, possibly against the own wishes of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I.〔(''The Ottoman Age of Exploration'' Giancarlo Casale p.32 )〕 Following the disruption of the spice trade between India and Mamluk Egypt by the Portuguese, Selman Reis led a Mamluk fleet of 19 ships into the Indian Ocean in 1515. He left Suez leading the fleet on 30 September 1515.〔(''An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Volume 1" by Halil İnalcik p.321''ff'' )〕 The fleet also included 3,000 men, 1,300 of whom were Turkish soldiers.〔 The fleet built a fortress in Kamaran, but failed to take Yemen and Aden on 17 September 1516.〔 In 1517, he defended Jeddah against a Portuguese attack, soon before the fall of the Mamluk regime.〔 Selman Reis was sent to Istanbul and imprisoned for disloyalty until 1520.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Selman Reis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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