Mehmed Siroco headed the Turkish right wing (at top right) during the 1571
Battle of Lepanto, where both him and the commander of the opposing Holy League left wing,
Agostino Barbarigo, were killed in action. This diagram labels him as Sirocco.
Şuluk Mehmed Pasha (
Ankara 1525 –
7 October 1571), better known in
Europe as Mehmed Siroco or Mahomet Sirocco,[1][2] and also spelled Sulik, Chulouk, Şolok, Seluk, or Suluc and known with the titles Pasha, Reis, or Bey, was the
OttomanBey (regional governor) of
Alexandria in the mid-16th century.[3][4] Both the foreign and the Turkish nicknames (and their various spellings) were derived from the name of the southern Mediterranean wind
Sirocco, from Greek σιρόκοςsirokos and the hence derived Levantine Arabic شلوقshlūq, respectively.[1][5]
Mehmed Siroco was appointed
admiral in command of the
Turkish right at the
Battle of Lepanto (1571).[6][7][8] Fighting the Lega Santa led by Admiral
Agostino Barbarigo, he was known as the most aggressive attacker of the battle.[4][9] He was wounded and killed in action when he struggled against Venetians at the
Battle of Lepanto, as was Barbarigo.[10] Mehmed Siroco was beheaded by the sword of Giovanni Contarini the Venetian.[11]
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^Roberto Muñoz Bolaños. ALMENA (ed.). Battle of Lepanto, 1571.
ISBN9783042754810.