Safari 2007 Captain “Red Beard” Pirate.
Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Redbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates of his day. Together with his older brothers, Ishak and Aruj, they conquered the North African city of Algiers and submitted it to the Ottomans, as a means of protecting themselves from the Spanish.
Barbarossa(Italian: “Redbeard”) (died 1546) Barbary pirate and later admiral of the Ottoman fleet, by whose initiativeAlgeria and Tunisia became part of the Ottoman Empire. For three centuries after his death, Mediterranean coastal towns and villages were ravaged by his pirate successors.