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Kemal Reis

Turkish privateer and admiral of the Ottoman Empire
Person human Q732272

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1451
Date of death
1511
Place of birth
Gelibolu
Place of death
Mediterranean Sea
Country of citizenship
Ottoman Empire[9]
Occupation
sailor, military personnel, writer, geographer
Religion or worldview
Islam[10]
Cause of death
shipwrecking[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Arabic[19][20][21]
Birth name
قرمانلى احمد كمال الدين بن على[22]
Given name
Kemal[17]
Manner of death
accidental death[18]
Military branch
Ottoman Navy[12]
Military, police or special rank
admiral[13]
Name in native language
كمال رئیس, Kemal Reis[23][24]
Participated in conflict
Battle of Zonchio, Battle of Modon[15][16]
Start of work period
1475[25]
Writing language
Ottoman Turkish[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kemal Reis ar أحمد كمال الدين ar أحمد كمال الدين ريِّس ar كمال رئيس ar كمال ريس ar أحمد كمال الدين بن علي القرماني fa کمال رئیس it Kemal Re'is ja ケマル・レイス pt Kamal Alì pt Kamalicchio pt Kamal Rais pt Kemal Rai pt Quemal Reis pt Camali pt Ahmed Kemaleddin pt Ahmet Kemaleddin pt Camal Achio pt Camal Aichio pt Camalicchio
🔖 Identifiers · 14
ISNI
0000000057007829
VIAF cluster ID
83541897
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009030646
GND ID
139987096
BioLexSOE ID
1120
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01204359
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
139987096
FAST ID
1947904
Freebase ID
/m/025_c7_
IdRef ID
133716651
Koha Kütüphane ID
143348
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
kemal-reis
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcWxkx36XjDvqQjChrrMP
Yale LUX ID
person/f3d5997c-226d-4c67-bbaa-f7a071bf326e

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
Arabic, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish
Occupation 3
writer, sailor, military personnel
Participated in conflict 2
Battle of Zonchio, Battle of Modon
Cause of death 1
shipwrecking
Country of citizenship 1
Ottoman Empire
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
accidental death
Military branch 1
Ottoman Navy
Military, police or special rank 1
admiral
Place of birth 1
Gelibolu
Place of death 1
Mediterranean Sea
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
Ottoman Turkish
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Kemal Reis was born in 1451[1] in Gelibolu[2]. He died in 1511[3] in Mediterranean Sea[4]. He worked as a sailor[5], military personnel[6], writer[7], and geographer[8].

FAQs

Where was Kemal Reis born?

Kemal Reis's place of birth was Gelibolu[2].

Where did Kemal Reis die?

Kemal Reis died in Mediterranean Sea[4].

What did Kemal Reis do for work?

Kemal Reis worked as a sailor[5], military personnel[6], writer[7], and geographer[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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