Mahomet Sirocco

Şuluk Mehmed Pasha (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 Ottoman Bey (regional governor) of Alexandria in the mid-16th century.

[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.

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 .