Salih Reis (1488 ca. – 1568) was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral. He is alternatively referred to as Salah Rais, Sala Reis, Salih Rais, Salek Rais and Cale Arraez in several European resources, particularly in Spain, France and Italy.
In 1529, together with Aydın Reis, he took part in the Turkish-Spanish battle near the Isle of Formentera, during which the Ottoman forces destroyed the Spanish fleet, whose commander, Rodrigo Portundo, died in combat.
In 1538 he commanded the right wing of the Turkish fleet at the naval Battle of Preveza, where the Ottoman forces under Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeated the Holy League of Charles V under the command of Andrea Doria.
In 1551, due to his success in the conquest of Tripoli (Libya) together with Turgut Reis and Sinan Pasha, he was promoted to the rank of Pasha and became the Beylerbeyi (Ottoman equivalent of Grand Duke) of Algiers and the Bahriye Beylerbeyi (Admiral) of the Ottoman West Mediterranean Fleet.
Read more about Salih Reis: Background and Early Career, Career in The Ottoman Navy, Battle of Preveza, Recapture of Castelnuovo and The Conquest of Venetian Islands in The Aegean, Operations On The French Coast and Catalonia, Operations in Sicily, Malta and The West Mediterranean, Conquest of Tripoli (Libya) and Subsequent Promotion To The Rank of Bahriye Beylerbeyi of Algiers, Marching Overland To The Sahara Desert (1552), Reestablishment of The Wattassid King in Fes, Return To Algeria, Sieges of Oran, 1556 and 1563, Siege of Malta, 1565, Death in Algiers, 1568, Legacy, See Also