Osman and Muhammad el-Attaz: Muslim Princes converted to Christianity and their role in the ‘Holy War’ against Islam

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  • Thomas Freller University of Applied Sciences, Aalen (Germany)

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Domenico di San Tommaso, Baldassare Diego Loyola, Ottoman Empire

Abstract

On 15 September 1667 died in the Colegio Imperial of Madrid Muhammad el-Attaz baptized as Baldassare Diego Loyola, son of Prince Abdelwahid of Fez. Baldassare Diego Loyola`s life very much parallels the life of another ‘Muslim converted to Christianity’ and member of a religious Order, Osman later baptized as Domenico di San Tommaso alias Padre Ottomano. Both were captured while on their way to Mecca by knights of Malta, and stayed for some years on Malta before they moving on to Italy to increase the number of celebrities in Catholic Europe to be counted as triumphs for the Counter-Reformation, as described and praised in many pamphlets, sonnets, and monographs. This paper focuses on Padre Ottomano`s role in the last phase of the War of Candia, trying to show that political and economic pragmatism did not allow for revival of a Holy League against the Ottomans.

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Author Biography

Thomas Freller, University of Applied Sciences, Aalen (Germany)

University of Mainz (Germany), University of Daugavpils (Latvia), University of Malta, University of Applied Sciences Aalen (Germany), Senior Lecturer

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Published

2016-01-05

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Freller, T. (2016). Osman and Muhammad el-Attaz: Muslim Princes converted to Christianity and their role in the ‘Holy War’ against Islam. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Árabe-Islam, 65, 21–50. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/meaharabe/article/view/14163

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Vol. 65 (2016)

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