Middle Eastern Pirate Name Generator

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Generate Middle Eastern pirate names for historical fiction, Sinbad-style fantasy and tabletop games: Barbary captains like Davud Reis, port bynames like Salim al-Bahri, women captains like Zaynab bint Harun and storybook rovers like Judar of the Seven Seas. The list holds 1,000 names, and 17 of them are real corsairs and admirals marked (historical).

About Middle Eastern pirate names

A Middle Eastern pirate name is usually a real given name with a sea title or a byname attached. On the Barbary coast and in the Ottoman fleet the title was Reis, captain, and in Turkish it follows the name: Davud Reis. Around the Gulf and the Indian Ocean a shipmaster was a nakhuda, as in Nakhuda Khalfan of Sur. Arabic adds a nisba, an adjective that ties a person to a place: al-Slawi is 'of Salé' and al-Bahri is 'of the sea'. Ibn or bin means 'son of' and bint means 'daughter of', as in Zaynab bint Harun.

Bynames do the rest. Turkish nicknames stand before the name: Kara (black), Koca (great), Kör (blind) and Topal (lame) give Kara Hasan or Koca Durmuş. Arabic ones follow it with al-, as in Sakhr al-Aswad (the black) and Labid al-Awar (the one-eyed). Europeans who joined the corsair fleets took new names, often with a tag of origin, such as Frenk Kasım or Memi the Cornishman.

The 1,000 names cover Barbary and Ottoman captains, Arab, Persian and Amazigh seafarers, women captains, crew roles, English bynames like Rashad, the Storm of Tunis, and storybook rovers in the manner of the Arabian Nights. Seventeen real corsairs and admirals are marked (historical); the rest are composed for fiction and games.

How to choose Middle Eastern pirate names

  • Pick the coast first. Reis, Kaptan and Turkish nicknames suit Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli and the Aegean; Nakhuda and bin suit Oman and the Gulf; Persian names like Nakhoda Rostam Sirafi suit Hormuz and Kish; Amazigh names like Aksil of the Rif Rovers suit the Moroccan and Kabyle shores.
  • Keep the grammar when you build your own. Reis and Kaptan follow the name, Kara or Deli go before it, al- joins the byname with a hyphen, and a woman's port byname takes the feminine ending, so al-Tunisi becomes al-Tunisiyya.
  • Swap the port. Most bynames here are built on a real harbor, so Captain Idris of Salé can become Idris of Mocha when your story moves to the Red Sea.
  • Use an English byname when the table has to say it aloud. Nasir the One-Eyed or Aksil, the Falcon of Djerba is easier for players than a long patronymic, and it tells them something about the captain.
  • Treat the entries marked (historical) as real people. They work as rivals, patrons or legends in the background; give your own hero one of the composed names.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good Middle Eastern pirate name?

Start with a real given name and add one sea element. Davud Reis and Nakhuda Khalfan of Sur use a captain's title, Salim al-Bahri and Khalid al-Slawi use a byname of place, and Nasir the One-Eyed or Kara Hasan use a nickname. For a woman captain try Zaynab bint Harun, Salma al-Bahriyya or Captain Layla of Tunis.

What do Reis, Nakhuda and al-Bahri mean?

Reis is the Turkish form of an Arabic word for a chief and was the usual title of a corsair captain; it comes after the name. A nakhuda is a shipmaster of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean. Al-Bahri means 'of the sea', and Amir al-Bahr means 'commander of the sea'.

Are these real historical pirates?

Seventeen of the 1,000 are: Hayreddin Barbarossa, Oruç Reis, Turgut Reis, Kemal Reis, Sayyida al-Hurra, Rahmah ibn Jabir and eleven other seafarers, each marked (historical) in the list. Every other entry is built from real given names with period titles, real ports, bynames or storybook places, and is not meant to be a real person.

Can I use these names for Sinbad-style fantasy?

Yes. One group is written for that: Judar of the Seven Seas, Mirdas the Roc-Rider, Marjana of the Isle of Camphor, and Arabic epithets such as Rakib al-Mawj, 'rider of the wave'. Places like Waq-Waq, Sarandib and the Sea of Zanj come from medieval Arabic travel lore, so they sit well beside the historical names.

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A: 103 names

  • Abdi Kaptan
  • Abla al-Samra
  • Abu al-Mawj
  • Abu al-Nujum
  • Abu al-Rih
  • Abu al-Shira
  • Abu Anbar of Algiers
  • Abu Daqal the Rover
  • Abu Dhahab the Corsair
  • Abu Dinar
  • Abu Fanus
  • Abu Fidda
  • Abu Habl the Rigger
  • Abu Marjan

A, continued

  • Abu Mijdaf
  • Abu Milh of Tripoli
  • Abu Mirsat
  • Abu Qirsh
  • Abu Raml of the Shoals
  • Abu Sadaf
  • Abu Shabaka
  • Abu Shanab
  • Abu Tabl the Drummer
  • Abu Zawraq of the Gulf
  • Abud ibn Awad al-Qumri
  • Aderfi of the Anfa Raiders
  • Aderfi, the Lightning of Salé
  • Adi of the Tarut Shallows
  • Adib, the Scorpion of Mocha

A, continued

  • Admiral Ghassan of the Sixty Sail
  • Admiral Majid of the Monsoon Fleet
  • Admiral Najib of the Hormuz Station
  • Admiral Ridwan of the Barbary Squadron
  • Admiral Wasim of the Levant Fleet
  • Admiral Zahir of the Indian Sea
  • Adnan the Bosun of the Red Galley
  • Adnan, Raider of Cape Bon
  • Afif, the Barracuda of Sur
  • Afshin, Wolf of the Strait
  • Aghiles of Tenes
  • Ajib of the Magnet Mountain
  • Ak Şahin
  • Aksil of the Rif Rovers
  • Aksil, the Falcon of Djerba

A, continued

  • Amastan of the Zuwara Boats
  • Amastan, the Viper of the Strait
  • Amayas of Jijel
  • Amayas, the Hawk of the Rif
  • Ameziane the Younger of Salé
  • Amghar Idir of Bades
  • Amghar Mennad of Ghassasa
  • Amin al-Malti
  • Amir al-Bahr Badr al-Siqilli
  • Amir al-Bahr Ghalib
  • Amir al-Bahr Hamdan of the Syrian Fleet
  • Amir al-Bahr Imran of the Red Sea
  • Amir al-Bahr Rashid of Mahdia
  • Amir al-Bahr Shaddad

A, continued

  • Amir al-Bahr Sufyan of Alexandria
  • Amirat al-Bahr
  • Ammar ibn Sahl al-Asqalani
  • Amnay of Larache
  • Amnay, the Fox of Tetouan
  • Amokrane of the Kabyle Galliots
  • Amokrane, the Elder of the Corsairs
  • Amr al-Fahd
  • Amr al-Jarbi
  • Anahita of the Pearl Coast
  • Anas al-Qasir
  • Anas the Nine-Fingered
  • Anir, the Star of Tangier
  • Anis of the Roc's Egg
  • Antar the Restless

A, continued

  • Anwar the Navigator
  • Aqil the Laughing
  • Arash the Archer of the Prow
  • Ardeshir Khan Daryabegi
  • Arezki of Tigzirt
  • Arezki, the Tiger of Tigzirt
  • Arnavut Zeynel Reis
  • Arslan the Elder of the Aegean
  • Artuk the Galley-Taker
  • Arus al-Bahr
  • Asad al-Khalij
  • Asad the Hoarse
  • Ashkan, Raider of the Kish Channel
  • Atmaca Hamid
  • Avlonyalı Kadri Reis

A, continued

  • Awad ibn Karama al-Jiddawi
  • Awn al-Sirafi
  • Aws al-Jasur
  • Aws al-Ladhiqi
  • Ayas the Ligurian
  • Ayas, born Marco of Zara
  • Aydın Reis (historical)
  • Aydoğdu Bey of Chios
  • Ayyur, the Crescent of Bizerte
  • Azadeh Khatun of Bushehr
  • Azap Doğan the Quick
  • Azap Ferhat of the Boarding Party
  • Azza bint Khalfan al-Umaniyya
  • Azzan of the Night Tide
  • Azzan, Master of the Muscat Baghlah

B: 52 names

  • Babak of the Tangestan Shore
  • Badis of the Mamora Fleet
  • Badis, the Wave of Mahdia
  • Badr al-Qirsh
  • Badr al-Sabti
  • Badr of the Sapphire Reef
  • Bahir, the Fang of Musandam
  • Bakhit bin Faraj al-Umani
  • Bakhit the Tandil
  • Bakir, the Dawn of Zanzibar
  • Balaban Reis
  • Bali Kapudan
  • Bali the Tuscan

B, continued

  • Bali, once Dirk of Hoorn
  • Bandar, Raider of Ras al-Hadd
  • Barakat al-Aydhabi
  • Bardia of the Eighteen Sails
  • Barq of the Sea of Zanj
  • Barq of the Star-Sewn Sail
  • Barrak, Wolf of the Lower Gulf
  • Bashir al-Rayyis of Djerba
  • Bashir the Caulker of Suez
  • Basim al-Barq
  • Bayraktar Korkut
  • Bayram of the Sixty Oars
  • Bayram Reis

B, continued

  • Behnam the Wave-Rider
  • Behram Bey, Kapudan of Suez
  • Behram the Irishman
  • Behram, once Gilles of Dieppe
  • Bekir Agha of Galata
  • Belaid of Mers el-Kebir
  • Belaid, the Night of Algiers
  • Belkacem ibn Lakhdar al-Bijawi
  • Bibi Golnar of Siraf
  • Bibi Soraya of Qeshm
  • Bijan the Sailmaker of Kish
  • Bilal, Corsair of Tripoli
  • Bilarab of the Hundred Dhows

B, continued

  • Bint al-Bahr
  • Bishr bin Shadhan of Musandam
  • Borzin of the Fire Lantern
  • Borzu Daryadel
  • Boşnak Rüstem
  • Boz Doğan
  • Boz Timur Reis
  • Bozkurt the Night-Sailor
  • Bozorgmehr the Reckoner
  • Budur bint Sulayman al-Suhariyya
  • Budur of the Brass City
  • Buthayna al-Jasura
  • Butti bin Dalmuk al-Suhari

C: 40 names

  • Çakır Tahir
  • Captain Ajib of the Peacock Isle
  • Captain al-Salt of the Musandam Narrows
  • Captain Azza of Hormuz
  • Captain Budur of the Nutmeg Wind
  • Captain Farida of Tetouan
  • Captain Gharib of the Sandalwood Fleet
  • Captain Haytham of Aden
  • Captain Hind of Tripoli
  • Captain Idris of Salé
  • Captain Jarir of Mocha
  • Captain Judar of the Golden Water
  • Captain Jumana of Bahrain

C, continued

  • Captain Kahraman the Tinnin-Slayer
  • Captain Labid of Suakin
  • Captain Layla of Tunis
  • Captain Lubna of Muscat
  • Captain Marjan of the Dandan Deeps
  • Captain Miqdad of Basra
  • Captain Mirdas of the Aloe-Wood Hull
  • Captain Mundhir of Rhodes
  • Captain Najla of Zanzibar
  • Captain Nizar of Tangier
  • Captain Numan of Alexandria
  • Captain Sakhr of Algiers
  • Captain Salma of Jeddah

C, continued

  • Captain Shihab of Sohar
  • Captain Suad of Djerba
  • Captain Thurayya of Sur
  • Captain Zuhayr of Acre
  • Captain Zumurrud of Mount Qaf
  • Çavuş Turhan
  • Celal the Sleepless
  • Cenevizli Ayas
  • Cerbeli Musa Reis
  • Çerkes Hüsrev
  • Cezayirli İsmail Reis
  • Cihangir Pasha, Kapudan of Alexandria
  • Çolak Bali Reis
  • Çolak Nasuh

D: 39 names

  • Daij bin Jarrah of the Two Booms
  • Dalal al-Najiya
  • Dalila of the Sunken Palace
  • Dalmuk al-Zanjibari
  • Damya the Red-Sailed
  • Dara of the Teak Hull
  • Dariush Daryabegi
  • Darya Banu of Kish
  • Dassine of the Long Swell
  • Davud Reis
  • Davulcu Şahin
  • Deli Bayram
  • Deli Gülşah of Smyrna

D, continued

  • Deli Kubad Reis
  • Demir Haydar
  • Demir Osman Reis
  • Denizci Halil
  • Dhahir al-Ubulli
  • Dhakir, the Arrow of Kilwa
  • Dhib al-Bahr
  • Dhib al-Sahil
  • Dhiyab al-Hurmuzi
  • Dhow-Captain Gharib of Pate
  • Dhow-Captain Mishari of Faw
  • Dhow-Captain Shabib of Lamu
  • Dilara Hatun of the Red Banner

D, continued

  • Dilaver Kapudan
  • Dilber of the Chios Channel
  • Dirgham al-Hut
  • Dümenci Abdi
  • Dündar the Wave-Breaker
  • Dunyazad of the Carpet-Sailed Ship
  • Dunyazad of the Thousand and One Tides
  • Durmuş of the Forty Benches
  • Durmuş Reis
  • Durra bint Faris al-Sirafiyya
  • Durra the Sea-Born
  • Durrat al-Bahr
  • Dursun Bey of Preveza

E: 2 names

  • Emin Kaptan
  • Esma Hatun of Rhodes

F: 30 names

  • Fahd al-Tinnisi
  • Falah of the Date Fleet
  • Faraj al-Qalhati
  • Faraj bin Marzuq al-Zanjibari
  • Faraj the Didban
  • Farbod the Steersman of Siraf
  • Farhad the Carpenter of Siraf
  • Fariborz, Shahbandar of Siraf
  • Farida al-Rayyisa al-Slawiyya
  • Faris al-Amwaj
  • Faris al-Bahr
  • Faris the Quartermaster
  • Faris, Rover of the Bou Regreg
  • Farrokh Daryadel
  • Fawzi, the Sword of Acre

F, continued

  • Fayruz al-Ghariba
  • Fazıl the Gold-Toothed
  • Felemenk Receb
  • Fenerci Emin
  • Fereydun of the Three Seas
  • Ferhat Reis
  • Ferhat the Zeelander
  • Ferhat, born Hans of Lübeck
  • Ferruh Pasha, Kapudan of the Isles
  • Firuzeh of the Turquoise Sea
  • Fleet-Master Masud of Aydhab
  • Fleet-Master Muhsin of Qulzum
  • Fransız Server
  • Frenk Kasım
  • Fuhayd of the Ghanjah

G: 27 names

  • Gabyacı Emin
  • Galib the Sun-Burned
  • Galley-Master Hadi of Rosetta
  • Gaya of Collo
  • Gelibolulu Sefer Kaptan
  • Genç Kadri
  • Genç Orhan Reis
  • Gevher Kaptan of Sinop
  • Ghada bint Yaqub al-Jiddawiyya
  • Ghalib al-Rayyis al-Tarabulsi
  • Ghalib of Denia
  • Ghaliya bint Humayd of Sur
  • Ghanim al-Qallaf

G, continued

  • Ghanim bin Mattar al-Julfari
  • Gharib al-Kilwi
  • Gharib of the Sea of Darkness
  • Ghassan al-Hadir
  • Ghaylan al-Hudaydi
  • Ghilas of Azeffoun
  • Ghilas, the Panther of the Kabyle Coast
  • Giritli Tahir Reis
  • Giv Keshtiban
  • Gordafarid of the Gulf
  • Gudarz Keshtiban of Siraf
  • Gülnar Kaptan
  • Gündüz the Far-Sailed
  • Gürcü Mesih

H: 57 names

  • Habib al-Battal
  • Habiba the Captain of Tetouan
  • Hadi al-Dahlaki
  • Hadi al-Nuti
  • Hadi ibn Sabir al-Andalusi
  • Hakkı the Whisperer
  • Halil Agha of the Fleet
  • Hamad al-Mallah
  • Hamdan al-Layth
  • Hamdan ibn Layth al-Tanji
  • Hamdi, the Dusk of Zeila
  • Hamid Kapudan
  • Hamid, the Shark of Aden
  • Hammou of the Rif Feluccas

H, continued

  • Hammu al-Rayyis
  • Hammu the Cabin Boy
  • Hamud bin Sayyar al-Basri
  • Handan the Gull of Smyrna
  • Harib bin Talib of the Monsoon Fleet
  • Harith al-Naffat
  • Harith the Corsair of Tetouan
  • Hasib al-Karrani
  • Hasna bint Ghalib of Bejaia
  • Hatim al-Abyad
  • Hatim of the Cherchell Mole
  • Hatim the Elder
  • Hayat of the Pearl-Diver's Moon
  • Hayat, Sultana of the Tides

H, continued

  • Haydar Reis
  • Hayreddin Barbarossa (historical)
  • Hayri Kaptan
  • Haytham al-Akkawi
  • Haytham al-Asmar
  • Haytham the Storm-Born
  • Hazim, the Swordfish of Hormuz
  • Hazinedar Ferruh
  • Hazza bin Zaal al-Julfari
  • Hilal al-Nimr
  • Hilal bin Ghanim al-Bahri
  • Hilal of the Kharg Anchorage
  • Hilmi, the Eagle of Rhodes
  • Himyar al-Adani

H, continued

  • Hind bint Mansur al-Tunisiyya
  • Hirbod of the Lantern Reef
  • Hırvat Ferhat
  • Hisham the Pilot of the Shoals
  • Hisham, Corsair of Mahdia
  • Hizam al-Mahri
  • Hormozd of the Narrow Sea
  • Hudhayfa al-Tarsusi
  • Hudhayl ibn Sawwar al-Malaqi
  • Humayd al-Suhari
  • Hurşid the Fleming
  • Hurşid, once Joris of Vlissingen
  • Hushang of the Pearl Coast
  • Hüsrev the Dunkirker
  • Hüsrev, once Padraig of Kinsale

I: 22 names

  • Idir ou Hammou
  • Idir, the Lance of Dellys
  • Idris al-Ifranji
  • Idris al-Rayyis
  • İdris, Sanjak-Bey of Rhodes
  • İlyas, Warden of the Dardanelles
  • Imran al-Banzarti
  • İngiliz Memi
  • Iraj, Master of the Kish Fleet
  • İshak Bey of Lemnos
  • Ishaq al-Susi

I, continued

  • İskender of Kavala, Sea-Bey
  • İskender Reis
  • İskender the Ragusan
  • İskender, once Giorgos of Hydra
  • İsmail, Master of the Bastarda
  • Itri of the Safi Roads
  • Itri, the Pole Star of Salé
  • Itto of the Atlantic Shore
  • Izem of the Massa Coast
  • İzmirli Eyüp Kaptan
  • İzzet the Poet of the Fleet

J: 24 names

  • Jabir the Helmsman of Salé
  • Jabir the Rover of Salé
  • Jahangir Khan of Lingeh
  • Jalal bin Barrak of the Shamal
  • Jalal of the Malabar Voyage
  • Jalila bint Nasir al-Iskandaraniyya
  • Jamal the Master Gunner
  • Jamasp the Star-Reader
  • Jamila al-Tawila
  • Jamshid Daryabegi of Bushehr
  • Jarir al-Tawil
  • Jarir ibn Habib al-Antaki

J, continued

  • Jarir the Chain-Breaker
  • Jawhara bint Marwan al-Hadramiyya
  • Jayfar, Master of the Baghlah
  • Jayyash al-Sawakini
  • Jubayr ibn Hizam al-Zaylai
  • Jubran al-Zafari
  • Judar of the Seven Seas
  • Julnar of the Coral Throne
  • Juma al-Ghawwas of Bahrain
  • Juma al-Sahili
  • Jumana al-Labwa
  • Jundub ibn Hilal al-Wahrani

K: 66 names

  • Kaci of the Bougie Corsairs
  • Kahina of the Djerba Boats
  • Kahraman of the Eighth Voyage
  • Kalafatçı Dursun
  • Kalyoncu Balaban
  • Kalyoncu Lütfi the Steady
  • Kalyoncu Rüstem of Kasımpaşa
  • Kamer Hatun of the Night Watch
  • Kamil al-Dahik
  • Kamil ibn Fadl al-Balansi
  • Kaplan Cihangir
  • Kara Gülbahar
  • Kara Hasan

K, continued

  • Kara Tahir Reis
  • Karabatak Sefer
  • Karaca Reis
  • Karaca, Bey of the Sea
  • Karama ibn Mahfuz al-Shihri
  • Karama the Lamp-Trimmer
  • Karayel Hurşid
  • Karim of the Barbary Coast
  • Kartal Ferruh
  • Kasım Agha of the Dockyard
  • Kasım Reis
  • Kasım the Provençal
  • Kasım, born Pere of Sóller

K, continued

  • Kasımpaşalı Davud Kaptan
  • Kasırga Hayri
  • Katayun Banu of Minab
  • Kaveh the Gunner of Hormuz
  • Kavus the Sea-Lion of Hormuz
  • Kawkab bint Walid al-Yamaniyya
  • Kâzım the Falconer
  • Kemal Reis (historical)
  • Kethüda Rüstem
  • Keyvan of the Evening Star
  • Khalaf of the Lateen Sail
  • Khalfan bin Hilal al-Masqati
  • Khalfan of the Sewn Boats

K, continued

  • Khalid al-Slawi
  • Khamis al-Tabbakh
  • Khamis bin Juma al-Suri
  • Kılavuz Nasuh
  • Kılıç Veli
  • Kinan al-Jarih
  • Kinana the Scarred
  • Kiyan of the Coral Shoals
  • Kızıl Korkut
  • Koca Durmuş
  • Koca Veli Reis
  • Koceila, the Shield of the Coast
  • Kör Hamdi Reis

K, continued

  • Kör Rüstem
  • Korkut Reis
  • Korsikalı Şaban
  • Kubad Bey of Gallipoli
  • Kubad Kaptan
  • Küçük Kasım
  • Küçük Memi Reis
  • Kulayb al-Aydhabi
  • Kulayb the Silk-Taker
  • Kundamir of the Singing Tree
  • Kürekçi Durmuş
  • Kurt Selim
  • Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis (historical)
  • Kutlu the Red

L: 36 names

  • Labib al-Jawwal
  • Labid al-Awar
  • Labid al-Saydawi
  • Labid the Reef-Runner
  • Lale of the Bosphorus Current
  • Laleh of the Tulip Sail
  • Lalla Hennu of Rabat
  • Lalla Tafukt of Tetouan
  • Lalla Taos of Bejaia
  • Lalla Titrit of Salé
  • Lamis bint Jabir al-Basriyya
  • Larbi ibn Kaddour al-Ribati

L, continued

  • Latif Bey, Kapudan of the Morea Squadron
  • Layla bint Salim al-Suriyya
  • Layth al-Ahmar
  • Layth al-Bahr
  • Leo of Tripoli (historical)
  • Levend Haydar of Smyrna
  • Levend Kadri
  • Levend Korkut of Foça
  • Levend Turhan the Tall
  • Lodos Sadık
  • Lohrasp of the Indigo Fleet
  • Lord-Captain Basim of the Twin Galleys

L, continued

  • Lord-Captain Hashim of the Night Fleet
  • Lord-Captain Nazim of the Western Squadron
  • Lostromo Kaya
  • Lounes ou Kaci of Bejaia
  • Lounes, the Osprey of Bejaia
  • Luay, the Kestrel of Latakia
  • Lubb al-Ishbili
  • Lubna al-Hamra
  • Lunja of the Hidden Cove
  • Luqman ibn Asim al-Safaqusi
  • Lütfi the Cretan
  • Lütfi, once Luca of Bastia

M: 99 names

  • Mabkhut al-Hadrami
  • Mabruk al-Nuti
  • Macar Pervane
  • Maha al-Shaqra
  • Mahad of the Frankincense Coast
  • Mahfuz ibn Salmin al-Mukalli
  • Mahfuz, the Monsoon of Mirbat
  • Mahir ibn Zafir al-Akkawi
  • Mahir the Sure-Handed
  • Mahmud, Lord of the Algiers Fleet
  • Mahyar of the Rosewater Fleet
  • Majid al-Bahhar
  • Majid al-Siqilli
  • Makhlouf of the Mogador Isles

M, continued

  • Makhzum of the Kumzar Cliffs
  • Maksen of the Kerkennah Shallows
  • Maksen, the Leopard of Cherchell
  • Malik al-Bihar
  • Malik al-Shuja
  • Malikat al-Bahr
  • Maltız Bali
  • Mami the Catalan
  • Mami, once Zuan of Burano
  • Mamun, the Tempest of Jeddah
  • Mani bin Rakan al-Umani
  • Mansur al-Ifranji of Tunis
  • Mansur al-Rayyis al-Tunisi
  • Manuchehr, Shahbandar of Hormuz

M, continued

  • Marangoz Hayri
  • Mardavij of the Daylam Boats
  • Marjan Banu of the Coral Shoals
  • Marjana of the Isle of Camphor
  • Maruf of the Whale Island
  • Marwan of the Tunis Squadron
  • Marwan the Boarding Chief
  • Marzuq ibn Mabruk al-Susi
  • Marzuq of the Reef Passage
  • Marzuq the Sarhang
  • Masrur of the Musk Road
  • Masrur of Waq-Waq
  • Massin of Agadir
  • Massin, the Cormorant of Tangier

M, continued

  • Masud al-Dalil
  • Masud al-Sukkani
  • Mattar bin Thani al-Suri
  • Maysun bint Qasim al-Slawiyya
  • Mazhar the Swimmer
  • Mazin al-Sahili
  • Mazin ibn Bakr al-Tarabulsi
  • Mazlum Kaptan
  • Mehrab of the Minab Creek
  • Melek Kaptan of Antalya
  • Memi the Cornishman
  • Memi, once Matteo of Savona
  • Mennad of Dellys
  • Mennad, the Gale of Oran

M, continued

  • Meziane of the Asilah Strand
  • Meziane, the Ghost of Cape Bon
  • Mezzomorto Hüseyin (historical)
  • Micipsa, the Talon of Cherchell
  • Miço Zeynel
  • Midhat the Spice-Taker
  • Mihrimah Hatun, Lady of the Lantern Ship
  • Miqdad al-Akhdar
  • Miqdad al-Yafawi
  • Miqdad the Iron-Handed
  • Mir Ali Bey (historical)
  • Mir Behzad of Kharg
  • Mir Farshid of Bandar Rig
  • Mirdas the Roc-Rider

M, continued

  • Misfir of the Long Voyage
  • Mısırlı Yahya Reis
  • Mitra of the Dawn Tide
  • Morvarid the Pearl of Kharg
  • Mubarak the Nahham
  • Mudar the Open-Handed
  • Mudrik al-Ashqar
  • Muflih, the Scimitar of Sfax
  • Mughith ibn Hakam al-Andalusi
  • Muhsin al-Thuban
  • Mundhir al-Kabir
  • Mundhir ibn Awf al-Tunisi
  • Mundhir the Singer
  • Munir of the Three Xebecs

M, continued

  • Munira, Mistress of the Xebec
  • Munjid, the Sirocco of Tripoli
  • Munsif, the Sabre of Damietta
  • Muqbil ibn Mishal al-Bayruti
  • Murad, the Wolf of the Gulf
  • Murat Reis the Elder (historical)
  • Murshid bin Nabhan of the Sambuk
  • Musa, Captain of the Lantern Galley
  • Musaid, the Shamal of Bahrain
  • Musallam of the Dhofar Run
  • Muslih, the Dagger of Massawa
  • Mutarrif al-Balansi
  • Muthanna al-Sarandibi
  • Mutlaq bin Nahar al-Qatifi
  • Muzaffar of the Hormuz Strait

N: 85 names

  • Nabhan bin Yarub, Lord of the Coast
  • Nabil of the Bejaia Galleys
  • Nabil the Chess-Player
  • Nabil the Ship's Carpenter
  • Nabila bint Hamdan of Sfax
  • Nadir, the Rudder of Siraf
  • Nadira al-Hamra
  • Naila of the Tangier Strait
  • Naima of the Salé Rovers
  • Najah ibn Rajab al-Dahlaki
  • Naji al-Qulzumi
  • Naji the Water-Keeper
  • Najib al-Rahhal
  • Najla al-Rayyisa

N, continued

  • Najm al-Malaqi
  • Najm al-Samit
  • Najma al-Asifa
  • Najwa bint Zayd, Lady of the Galliot
  • Nakhoda Arash of Jask
  • Nakhoda Bahram Hormozi
  • Nakhoda Bijan Bushehri
  • Nakhoda Faramarz Makrani
  • Nakhoda Farhad of Siraf
  • Nakhoda Kaveh of Kish
  • Nakhoda Khosrow of Bandar Rig
  • Nakhoda Mazyar Kangani
  • Nakhoda Mehrdad Minabi
  • Nakhoda Parviz of Kharg

N, continued

  • Nakhoda Rostam Sirafi
  • Nakhoda Ruzbeh of Rishahr
  • Nakhoda Shapur Qeshmi
  • Nakhuda Bandar of Qatif
  • Nakhuda Barrak bin Ghanim
  • Nakhuda Bilarab of the Batinah
  • Nakhuda Bishr of Khor Fakkan
  • Nakhuda Daij of Kuwait
  • Nakhuda Falah bin Marzuq
  • Nakhuda Fuhayd of Darin
  • Nakhuda Harib of Muscat
  • Nakhuda Jarrah of Muharraq
  • Nakhuda Jayfar of Julfar
  • Nakhuda Julanda of Dibba

N, continued

  • Nakhuda Juma bin Faraj
  • Nakhuda Khalfan of Sur
  • Nakhuda Mahad of Salalah
  • Nakhuda Makhzum of Khasab
  • Nakhuda Misfir of Zubarah
  • Nakhuda Murshid of Masirah
  • Nakhuda Musallam of Mirbat
  • Nakhuda Muzaffar of Qeshm
  • Nakhuda Nabhan of Qalhat
  • Nakhuda Shamlan of Failaka
  • Nakhuda Sulayyim of Sohar
  • Nakhuda Talib bin Hilal
  • Nakhuda Thunayan of Basra
  • Nakhuda Yarub of Muttrah

N, continued

  • Napolili Lütfi
  • Narseh of the Salt Road
  • Nashwan ibn Qaid al-Suqutri
  • Nasim, the Breeze of Beirut
  • Nasir of the Algiers Galleys
  • Nasir the One-Eyed
  • Nasuh Reis
  • Nasuh, born Klaas of Enkhuizen
  • Nawal bint Thabit al-Adaniyya
  • Nazif the Coffee-Runner
  • Nazim al-Asif
  • Nazim ibn Luay al-Jazairi
  • Nazlı Hatun, Mistress of the Galliot
  • Necib the Exile

N, continued

  • Nedim the Wanderer
  • Niloufar Banu of Bandar Rig
  • Nilüfer Kaptan of Gallipoli
  • Nimr al-Bahr
  • Niyazi the Quick
  • Nizar al-Rashidi
  • Nizar al-Saghir
  • Nizar the Broken-Nosed
  • Nouara of the White Xebec
  • Numan al-Azraq
  • Numan al-Bijawi
  • Numan the Twice-Drowned
  • Nur, Navigator to the Ifrit
  • Nuzha of the Moonlit Dhow
  • Nuzha of the Sea of Harkand

O: 7 names

  • Odabaşı Haydar
  • Oğuz the Salt-Bearded
  • Ömer Bey of Modon
  • Omid the Cook of the Baghlah
  • Orhan, Commander of the Galliots
  • Oruç Reis (historical)
  • Osman Agha of the Oarsmen

P: 9 names

  • Parvin the Star-Sailor
  • Pashang of the Black Sail
  • Perihan of the Marmara Wind
  • Pertev, born Antoni of Alghero
  • Pervane Kapudan
  • Pervane the Hungarian
  • Pervane, once Lars of Bergen
  • Piruz Daryanavard of Hormuz
  • Portekizli Behram

Q: 13 names

  • Qahir al-Amwaj
  • Qahtan al-Zaylai
  • Qahtan, Reader of the Kamal
  • Qais bin Harib of the Swift Badan
  • Qais of the Zanzibar Run
  • Qamar of the Jinn-Wind
  • Qasim al-Janawi
  • Qasim al-Rayyis of Salé
  • Qasim the Standard-Bearer
  • Qays al-Gharib
  • Qays ibn Tamim al-Dimyati
  • Qobad, Hawk of Jask
  • Qusay, the Heron of the Shatt

R: 47 names

  • Rabab bint Badr of Mocha
  • Rabah of the Azemmour Bar
  • Radwan ibn Numan al-Hindi
  • Rafiq al-Tarjuman
  • Rafiq of the Oran Roads
  • Rahmah ibn Jabir (historical)
  • Rais Hamidou (historical)
  • Rajab the Rigger
  • Rajih al-Mirbati
  • Rakib al-Mawj
  • Rakib al-Rih

R, continued

  • Ramazan the Sicilian
  • Ramazan, Bey of the Tripoli Squadron
  • Ramin the Singer of the Oars
  • Ramzi, the Lantern of Suakin
  • Rasha the Storm of Zeila
  • Rashad, the Storm of Tunis
  • Rashid al-Mayurqi
  • Rashid al-Shadid
  • Rauf the Thunderer
  • Rayhana al-Zarqa
  • Razin al-Gharnati
  • Receb Reis

R, continued

  • Receb the Neapolitan
  • Receb, Dey of the Corsairs
  • Receb, once Jacques of La Ciotat
  • Reef-Captain Kinan of the Farasan Banks
  • Reef-Captain Mazin of the Dahlak Isles
  • Refik the Powder-Burned
  • Remzi the Hook-Handed
  • Rıdvan Bey, Kapudan of Rhodes
  • Rıdvan the Dalmatian
  • Rıdvan, born Stefan of Ragusa
  • Ridwan al-Qubtan
  • Ridwan ibn Zaki al-Iqritishi

R, continued

  • Ridwan, the Thunder of Tripoli
  • Rıfat the Bald
  • Rih al-Shamal
  • Rim bint Hatim al-Maghribiyya
  • Rıza the Barefoot Captain
  • Rodoslu Selim Reis
  • Roshanak the Sea-Lioness
  • Rum İskender
  • Rushdi, the Ember of Rosetta
  • Rüstem Reis
  • Rüstem the Livornese
  • Rüstem, born Rob of Leith

S: 114 names

  • Saad al-Ghawwas
  • Şaban Reis
  • Şaban the Maltese
  • Şaban, Bey of the Galleys
  • Şaban, born Cola of Amalfi
  • Sabiha bint Dirgham of Massawa
  • Sabir the Unhurried
  • Sabri, the Shadow of Alexandria
  • Sadaf Khatun of Lingeh
  • Sadık Kaptan
  • Sahib al-Qindil
  • Sahib al-Rukh
  • Sahim of Sarandib
  • Sahim the Ambergris-Finder

S, continued

  • Şahin of the Open Sea
  • Şahin Reis
  • Sakallı Ferhat
  • Sakallı Halil Reis
  • Sakhr al-Aswad
  • Sakhr al-Titwani
  • Sakhr the Bold
  • Şakir the Shark-Toothed
  • Sakızlı Mahmud Reis
  • Saliha Kaptan of Trabzon
  • Salim al-Bahri
  • Salim al-Bunduqi
  • Salim the Corsair of Algiers
  • Salma al-Bahriyya

S, continued

  • Salmin bin Bakhit al-Kilwi
  • Salmin the Sayb
  • Saltuk the Fleet-Scatterer
  • Salwa, Lady of the Sambuk
  • Sami al-Qubrusi
  • Sami the Red-Sashed
  • Samir, the Tide of Basra
  • Samira bint Adnan al-Andalusiyya
  • Sancaktar Arslan
  • Saqr bin Suwaydan al-Masqati
  • Sardar Bahman of the Makran
  • Sardar Esfandiar of Hormuz
  • Sardar Kayqubad of Qeshm
  • Sarı Elif the Sea-Hawk

S, continued

  • Sarı Turhan
  • Saruca Bey of Sinop
  • Sasan the Old Pilot of Rishahr
  • Sattam bin Mishari al-Ubulli
  • Sawwar al-Iqritishi
  • Sayf bin Khamis al-Rubban
  • Sayf of the Ruby Lantern
  • Sayyar al-Tabbal
  • Sayyida al-Hurra (historical)
  • Sefer Reis (historical)
  • Şefik the Knot-Maker
  • Sekkura of the Cliff Coves
  • Selim Agha of the Arsenal
  • Selman Reis (historical)
  • Sencer the Unsinkable

S, continued

  • Sepehr the Far-Sailed
  • Server the Blue-Cloaked
  • Server the Scot
  • Server, born Wat of Deal
  • Setareh the Night Pilot
  • Şevket the Squall-Chaser
  • Seydi Ali Reis (historical)
  • Shaddad al-Iskandarani
  • Shaddad al-Sharid
  • Shaddad the Unlucky
  • Shadhan of the Lingeh Roads
  • Shadiya bint Rafiq al-Siqilliyya
  • Shahrokh Khan of Kangan
  • Shakir the Hawk-Eyed

S, continued

  • Shamlan of the Pearl Banks
  • Shams the Marid-Bound
  • Shamsan the Powder Boy
  • Shawqi al-Daybuli
  • Shihab al-Bahr
  • Shihab al-Qaysarani
  • Shimas of the Diamond Valley
  • Shirin Banu of Hormuz
  • Sholeh of the Fire Lantern
  • Shukri al-Tabib of the Fleet
  • Shukri, the Khamsin of Suez
  • Siavash Daryadel of Kish
  • Sicilyalı Ramazan
  • Sifaw of the Djerba Sponge Boats

S, continued

  • Sifaw, the Torch of Djerba
  • Siham bint Layth of Qalhat
  • Simin of the Silver Wake
  • Şimşek Kaya
  • Sinan bin al-Salt of Qalhat
  • Sinan of the Coir-Stitched Hull
  • Sinan the Frisian
  • Sinan the Grey
  • Sinan, born Niccolò of Trapani
  • Sinoplu Memi Kaptan
  • Sitt Asma of Alexandria
  • Sitt Bushra of Jeddah
  • Sitt Khawla of Tyre
  • Sitt Mayya of Mahdia

S, continued

  • Sitt Tumadir of Sidon
  • Sohrab Daryanavard
  • Sohrab the Lookout of Qeshm
  • Soroush of the Southern Monsoon
  • Suad al-Shujaa
  • Sufyan al-Ghariq
  • Sufyan al-Tarabulsi
  • Suha al-Mawja
  • Suhayl al-Muallim
  • Suhayl of the Twelve Galliots
  • Sulayman al-Mahdawi
  • Sulayyim the Dhow-Master
  • Sungur the Left-Handed
  • Suwaydan al-Mirbati
  • Syphax, the Spear of Jijel

T: 51 names

  • Tafsut the Spring Gale
  • Tahir the Tide-Wise
  • Tahir, Beylerbey of the Isles
  • Tahmineh Khatun of Jask
  • Tahsin the Rope-Dancer
  • Taj of the Copper Horseman
  • Takfarinas, the Whirlwind of the Bay of Bougie
  • Talib, Hawk of Sur
  • Tamilla the Dove of Dellys
  • Tamir, the Anchor of Jaffa
  • Tanina the Sea-Bird
  • Tanirt of the Kabyle Shore

T, continued

  • Tariq the Oar-Master
  • Tariq the Rover of Rabat
  • Tawaddud of the Brass Astrolabe
  • Tawaddud of the Clove Isles
  • Tayeb ibn Achour al-Safaqusi
  • Tayri of the Western Sea
  • Tercüman İskender
  • Tevfik the Fair-Dealer
  • Thabit al-Rayyis
  • Thabit al-Rubban
  • Thabit the Silent
  • Thani bin Butti al-Bahrani
  • Thurayya bint Hilal al-Masqatiyya

T, continued

  • Tifawt the Lantern-Bearer
  • Tilelli the Free
  • Tilki Pervane
  • Timur the Steady Helmsman
  • Timurtaş Bey of Rhodes
  • Tirdad Daryanavard
  • Tiziri of the Rif Coast
  • Togan the Younger
  • Topal Durak Reis
  • Topal İskender
  • Topçu Veli
  • Topçubaşı Durak
  • Tosun Kapudan

T, continued

  • Tosun the Cypriot
  • Trabluslu Ömer Reis
  • Tuda the Storm-Caller
  • Tudert of the Narrow Strait
  • Tufan of the Hormuz Narrows
  • Tuğrul the Tall
  • Tumert of the Fair Wind
  • Tunuslu Ramazan Reis
  • Turahan Bey of Valona
  • Turgut Reis (historical)
  • Turhan Reis
  • Turhan, once Tom Hallett of Fowey
  • Turki bin Ujayl al-Basri

U: 16 names

  • Ubayd al-Barqi
  • Ubayd al-Saqr
  • Udayy, the Dolphin of Kish
  • Uluç Ali (historical)
  • Umm al-Marakib
  • Umm al-Mawj
  • Umm al-Nujum
  • Umm al-Rih Karima

U, continued

  • Umm al-Shira
  • Umm Najm of Aden
  • Umm Qarib of Suakin
  • Uns of the Glass Lighthouse
  • Uqab al-Bahr
  • Usem of Honaine
  • Usem, the Thunderbolt of Rabat
  • Uzun Balaban

V: 4 names

  • Vardiyan Mazlum
  • Vehbi the Storm-Dodger
  • Veli Agha of the Marines
  • Venedikli Rıdvan

W: 12 names

  • Wadha of the Pearl Banks
  • Wail ibn Shamsan al-Adani
  • Wail the Chart-Keeper
  • Wajdi, the Moon of Muscat
  • Walid al-Rami of the Foredeck
  • Walid of the Djerba Fleet
  • Ward of the Ebony Isles
  • Ward, Prince of the Foam
  • Warith of the Southwest Wind
  • Warith, Pilot of the Hadd
  • Wasim al-Sarim
  • Wasim ibn Hazim al-Slawi

Y: 23 names

  • Yağmur the Oar-Breaker
  • Yahya, Captain of the Striped Banner
  • Yakub Bey of Antalya
  • Yamama bint Ziyad al-Shamiyya
  • Yaman Leyla
  • Yanık Zeynel
  • Yaqub al-Rayyis of Bizerte
  • Yaquta al-Dhiba
  • Yarub, Master of the Battil
  • Yasaman Banu, Lady of the Baghlah
  • Yaslam al-Shihri

Y, continued

  • Yasmin bint Karim al-Misriyya
  • Yavuz the Lucky
  • Yazid al-Dhib
  • Yazid ibn Malik al-Darnawi
  • Yelkenci Kadri
  • Yidir ou Belaid
  • Yidir, the Flame of the Rif
  • Yiğit the Patient
  • Yıldız Hatun of the Morning Star
  • Yuba of the Nekor Shore
  • Yuba, the Lion of Bejaia
  • Yugurten of the Bona Roads

Z: 22 names

  • Zafir the Unbeaten
  • Zahir al-Aqrab
  • Zahr of the Speaking Bird
  • Zaki, the Raven of Tyre
  • Zakiyya bint Khalid of Hormuz
  • Zarin Khatun of the Golden Dhow
  • Zarir of the Gulf Wind
  • Zavareh Keshtiban
  • Zayd al-Rayyis al-Jazairi
  • Zaynab bint Harun
  • Zeynel Bey of Alanya

Z, continued

  • Zeynep Hatun of the Galleys
  • Ziri ou Meziane
  • Ziri, the Wind of Algiers
  • Ziyad the Lookout
  • Ziyad, Rover of the Strait
  • Zubayda bint Idris al-Tanjiyya
  • Zuhayr al-Araj
  • Zuhayr ibn Adi al-Suri
  • Zuhayr the Wind-Reader
  • Zümrüt of the Green Pennant
  • Zumurrud of the Emerald Sea