_ 328 _ In the same year (1554) The King of the Turks sent Captain Ali Shalabi with brigs from Basra to Suez, where he left Basra, and then clashed with the fleet of Dom Fernando de Meneses, who seized six of his ships. These events came as stated in the book: "Da Asia Nova", by the Portuguese historian Diogo do Couto:(33) Barbarossa fled from Dom Diogo de Noronha and withdrew to Basra with the galleys, after the terrible battle that he had with Gonçalo Pereira Marramaque. The Grand Turk soon received news by land of what had happened and was greatly enraged. At that time, there happened to be a pirate in court by the name of Ali Chelebi [Chebuli], a former treasurer in Cairo, a very rich man and popular among the Pashas. (33) Document no. and reference.
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