Career
He was also captain general of Turkish galleys in Algiers. He was called Arnaut after his Albanian origin. On the morning of September 26 1575, Arnaut"s ship attacked the galley Sol on the Catalan coast, with Miguel de Cervantes aboard.
After significant resistance, in which the captain and many crew members were killed, the surviving passengers were taken to Algiers as captives.
After five years as a slave, Cervantes was released when his family paid the ransom.