Sinan Reis was a Barbary corsair of Sephardic Jewish descent who served as a chief lieutenant and naval commander under Hayreddin Barbarossa, playing a role in Ottoman naval strategy at the 1538 Battle of Preveza. He later rose to command as Supreme Naval Commander of the Ottoman fleet. Precise details of his death are not well documented in surviving sources.
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| Real Name | Sinan |
|---|---|
| Aliases | Sinan the Jew |
| Born | c. 1492 (unverified) |
| Died | c. 1546 (unverified) |
| Nationality | Ottoman (Sephardic Jewish origin) |
| Years Active | 1520s-1540s |
| Fate | Not reliably documented; believed to have died around the same period as Barbarossa in the mid-1540s |
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