was Yakub, the father of the pirate admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. Named Midilli (مدللى) after its capital, Mytilene, the island became a sanjak (province)...

Çirmen Vize Izvornik Florina Elbasan Sanjakbey of the Çingene ("Gypsies") Midilli Karadağ (Montenegro) Sanjakbey of the Müselleman-i Kirk Kilise ("Muslims...

Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, he was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in present-day Greece) and died in battle against the Spanish at...

in The Downs along with the light cruiser Attentive and the destroyers Crusader and Nugent, with a further six destroyers on patrol in the Channel itself...