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Kara Mehmed Pasha
A 17th-century Ottoman naval commander and Kapudan Pasha who was defeated and captured by a Venetian-Maltese fleet near the Dardanelles in May 1666, …
Timeline
- c. 1630–1660Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireHis origins and early life are poorly recorded; he rose gradually through the Ottoman navy, gaining combat experience in the Aegean and Mediterranean, preparing for his later appointment as Kapudan Pasha.
- 1661–1666Dardanelles · Aegean SeaAfter becoming Kapudan Pasha he led the fleet in the Cretan War, blockading Venetian reinforcements and supplies in the Aegean; in May 1666 he engaged a joint Venetian-Maltese fleet near the Dardanelles, his flagship was destroyed and he was captured, inflicting a major loss on the Ottoman navy.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Cretan War https://www.britannica.com/event/Cretan-War
- Naval Wars in the Levant, 1559–1853 — R. C. Anderson (1952)