Kılıç Ali Pasha | |
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| Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Fleet | |
| In office 28 October 1571 – 25 June 1587 | |
| Monarchs | Selim II and Murad III |
| Preceded by | Müezzinzade Ali Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Damad Ibrahim Pasha |
| Beylerbey of Algiers | |
| In office 27 June 1568 – 28 October 1571 | |
| Monarch | Selim II |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Arab Ahmed Pasha |
| Beylerbey of Tripoli | |
| In office 1565–1568 | |
| Monarchs | Suleiman I and Selim II |
| Preceded by | Dragut |
| Succeeded by | Yahya Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giovanni Dionigi Galeni c. 1519 Le Castella, Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Calabria, Kingdom of Aragon (present-day Italian Republic) |
| Died | 25 June 1587 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (present-day Republic of Turkey) |
| Resting place | Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex |
| Citizenship | Ottoman |
| Occupation | Mariner and Sailor |
| Ethnicity | Calabrian |
| Nickname(s) | Uluch-Alì,, Uluç Ali, Uluj Ali, Ulucciali, Occhiali, Kılıç Ali |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Ottoman Tripolitania |
| Branch/service |  Ottoman Navy |
| Years of service | c. 1536–1587 |
| Rank | Grand Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Siege of Tripoli (1551) Battle of Djerba Action of 1570 Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) • Battle of Lepanto • Battle of Gozo (1570) • Siege of Navarino (1572) Conquest of Tunis (1574) Battle of Goleta |
Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or Giovan Dionigi Galeni, also Uluj Ali, Turkish: Uluç Ali Reis, later Uluç Ali Paşa and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian privateer and admiral who served as the commander of the Regency of Algiers and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman fleet.
Born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, he was also known by several other names in the Christian countries of the Mediterranean and in the literature also appears under various names. Miguel de Cervantes called him Uchali in chapter XXXIX of his Don Quixote de la Mancha. Elsewhere he was simply called Ali Pasha. John Wolf, in his The Barbary Coast, refers to him as Euldj Ali.