Samson Rowlie
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Samson Rowlie
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Samson Rowlie was Chief Eunuch and Treasurer of Algiers during Ottoman rule. Born in Norfolk, England, the son of a Bristol merchant, Francis Rowlie, he was captured aboard of the Swallow and castrated by the Ottomans in 1577. He converted from Christianity to Islam and took the name Hassan Aga. He served the Beylerbey of Algiers, Uluç Ali Pasha. Richard Hakluyt's 1589 collection, The Principal Navigations, included a 1586 letter from William Harborne, England's ambassador to the Ottoman court,
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Chief Eunuch and Treasurer of Algiers during Ottoman rule
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Rowlie
date created:
2016-03-21T07:04:44Z
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2024-09-15T13:15:00Z
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