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Dragut, Un Corsario Enemigo, Admirado Y Temido = Turgut Reis ELOY MARTÍN CORRALES 59 DRAGUT, UN CORSARIO ENEMIGO, ADMIRADO Y TEMIDO ISSN: 0213-2079 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14201/shhmo2014365975 DRAGUT, UN CORSARIO ENEMIGO, ADMIRADO Y TEMIDO1 Turgut Reis, an Enemy Corsair, Admired and Feared Eloy Martín CORRALES Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Correo-e: [email protected] RESUMEN: La figura de Dragut, Dragutto o Turgut Reis, ha ocupado un lugar excepcional en las letras e historiografía española. Sus coetáneos demostraron más admiración que críticas para con aquel temible enemigo (especialmente en lo que hace referencia al litoral italiano). Posteriormente cuando Dragut consiguió conquistar casi todo el litoral oriental tunecino (Madhía, Susa y demas ciudades), rompió nuevamente el frágil equilibrio hispano-otomano. En realidad, Dragut fue para Túnez lo que los Barbarroja para Argel, el liquidador de la influencia española en Túnez, a partir de entonces convertida en Regencia bajo dominio otomano. Ese papel de Dragut explica que, con posterioridad a su muerte, los cronistas que relaten la historia de los monarcas españoles tiendan a demonizarlo al comprender el papel que Dragut había desempeñado en la batalla por el control del Magreb. Palabras clave: Dragut; Sinán Bajá; Corso; Cervantes; Diego Suarez; Ottoman Army; esclavos; Madhía; Cullera; Pollença; Imperio Otomano. ABSTRACT: The figure of Dragut, Dragutto or Turgut Reis, occupied an exceptional place in literature and Spanish historiography. His contemporaries admired this fearsome enemy rather than criticizing him (especially in the part regarding the Italian coasts). Subsequently, when Dragut achieved to 1. Proyecto «Eclipse imperial: transición y emergencia de nuevas estructuras políticas en América, Asia y África (1750-1950) (HAR2012-39352-C0201) financiado por el MINECO. Agra- dezco a Miguel Ángel Beunes Ibarra las sugerencias de todo tipo que han ayudado en gran medida a la redacción de este texto; también debo agradecer la ayuda prestada por Manuel Lomas Cortés y Andreu Seguí Bertran. © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Stud. his., H.ª mod., 36, 2014, pp. 59-75 60 ELOY MARTÍN CORRALES DRAGUT, UN CORSARIO ENEMIGO, ADMIRADO Y TEMIDO conquer almost all the eastern Tunisian coast (Mahdia, Susa and other cities), he broke again the fragile Spanish-Ottoman balance. Actually, Dragut meant to Tunis what the Barbarossas meant to Algiers, the eliminator of the Spanish influence in Tunis, from then converted into regency. The role of Dragut explains that, after his death, the chroniclers who narrate the history of the Spanish monarchs tend to demonize him, after understanding the role that Dragut had played in the battle for the control of Maghreb. Key words: Dragut; Sinán Bajá; Privarters; Corsairs; Cervantes; Diego Suarez; Ottoman Army; Slaves; Madhía; Cullera; Pollença; Ottoman Empire. La figura de Turgut Reis (1485/1490-1565), conocido en España como Dragut y en Italia como Dragutto, fue muy tenida en cuenta por buena parte de los cronistas españoles que le fueron contemporáneos o que vivieron poco después. Entre ellos, Francisco López de Gomara (1511-1566)2, Luis de Mármol Carvajal (1520-1600)3, Fray Prudencio de Sandoval (1552-1620)4, Diego Suarez Montañés (1552-d.1623)5, Luis Cabrera de Córdoba (1559-1623)6 y Diego de Fuentes7. También le dedica- ron atención literatos de la talla de Fernando de Herrera (1534-1597)8, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)9 y Luis de Góngora (1561-1627)10. 2. Guerras de mar del Emperador Carlos V. Madrid, 2000. Edición y estudio de M. A. de Bunes Ibarra y N. E. Jiménez. 3. Descripción General de África. Granada, 1573. 4. Su Historia de la Vida y Hechos del Emperador Carlos V, Máximo, Fortíssimo, Rey de España y de las Indias, Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Océano. Valladolid, 1604 (Primera Parte) y 1606 (segunda parte). Utilizo la edición de la Biblioteca de Autores Españoles, Madrid 1955-1956. 3 vols., preparada por Carlos Seco Serrano. 5. Historia del Maestre último que fue de Montesa y de su hermano Don Felipe de Borja. La manera como gobernaron las plazas de Orán y Mazalquivir, reinos de Tremecén y Ténez, en África, siendo allí capitanes generales, uno en pos del otro, como aquí se narra. Valencia 2005. Edición y estudio crítico de M. A. de Bunes Ibarra y Beatriz Alonso Acero. Previamente, F. Guillén Robles había publicado la primera parte en Madrid 1889. 6. Historia de Felipe II, Rey de España, Madrid, Luis Sánchez, 1619. Primera parte. Reeditada en Madrid por Aribau y Compañía, sucesores de Rivadenyra, en 1876-1877, 4 vols. Nuevamente publicada en 1998, en Valladolid, por la Consejería de Educación y Cultura, 1998, 4 vols., con estudio introductorio de J. Martínez Millán y C. J. de Carlos Morales. Nuevamente reeditado por Órbigo, en La Coruña, en 2013, 4 vols. 7. Conquista de África, donde se hallan agora nuevamente recopiadas por Diego de Fuentes muchas y muy notables hazañas de particulares caballeros. Amberes [1570]. 8. Relacion de la Guerra de Cipre y suceso de la batalla naval de Lepanto, Sevilla, Imp. Alonso- Picardo, 1572. Editado en Colección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historia de España (CODOIN), XXI. Madrid, 1852, pp. 247-382. 9. En la novela Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. Novela setentrional. Madrid, 1617. Utilizo la edición facsímile de la Real Academia Española. Madrid, 1990, pp. 1575-157. 10. Góngora, L de: Amarrado al duro banco de una galera turquesca, 1583. Utilizo la Antología poética. Barcelona 2009, preparada por Antonio Carreira, pp. 114-115. © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Stud. his., H.ª mod., 36, 2014, pp. 59-75 ELOY MARTÍN CORRALES 61 DRAGUT, UN CORSARIO ENEMIGO, ADMIRADO Y TEMIDO Por el contrario, la historiografía apenas ha prestado atención a tan destacado corsario, salvo unas cuantas monografías11 y referencias, más o menos extensas, en obras de divulgación12. Aunque últimamente parece que comienza a despertar un creciente interés13. Es posible que lo anterior tenga que ver con el hecho de que otros capitanes corsarios (en especial Barbarroja y Uchali14) hayan acaparado la atención de los investigadores. Ante la imposibilidad de abordar en toda su complejidad el significado de Dragut para la política imperial española en el Mediterráneo, me centraré bási- camente en la visión que ofrecieron de él algunos de los cronistas citados ante- riormente, tres italianos que sufrieron el cautiverio a mediados del siglo XVI y, finalmente, una breve valoración de los ataques de Dragut a las costas españolas. Uno de los primeros cronistas que se refirió a Dragut fue López de Gomara, quien, en un manuscrito datado hacia 1560, se ocupa con cierto detenimiento de él. Lo describió de la siguiente forma: Dragut era de Xarabalac, una aldea en la [A]natolia. Anduvo paje de un capitán corsario, del cual lo hubo Haradin Barbarroja. A cabo de mucho tiempo fue capitán de una galeota, siendo ya Barbarroja Baja, y vino a ser capitán de los corsarios cuando lo prendió en Giralat Juanetín de Oria. Estuvo preso más de tres años en las galeras de Andrea de Oria. Rescatólo Barbarroja por 3.000 ducados, cuando estuvo en Tolón, con juramento que hizo de no hacer maleficio en toda la ribera de Génova. Dióle Barbarroja una galera italiana en Puerto Hércules, con la cual tomó una galera de Cigala cerca del Gozo. Y poco a poco juntó la flota con que saqueó a Castelamar, y llegó a tener más de 50 navíos de remo y a ser señor de 11. Serra de gayeta, F.: «L’atac del corsari Dragut a la vila de Pollença l’any 1550», Bolletí de la Societat Arqueològica Lul·liana, 34 (1974), pp. 303-312. Bonet, M.: «Datos sobre una invasión de mahometanos en Pollensa (1)», Bolletí de la Societat Arqueológica Lul·liana, 18, 1885, pp. 3-6. 12. Feijoo, R.: Corsarios berberiscos. El reino corsario que provocó la Guerra más larga de la historia de España. Barcelona, 2013. pp. 98-104. 13. Sola Castaño, E.: «Barbarroja, Dragut y Ali Bajá, señores de la frontera mediterránea», en Sánchez Fernández, A. (coord.): II Congreso Internacional de Estudios Históricos: el Mediterráneo, un mar de piratas y corsarios. Santa Pola, 2002, pp. 121-133. Del mismo autor, «Luis de Mesina, Cesare Fabiano de San Remo y Agustín de la Seta. Tres relaciones de la campaña naval turca de 1551» [en <www.archivodelafrontera.com> consultada el 28-2-2104]. Una primera versión de este artículo, más reducida y en inglés, en Martín Corrales, E.: «Dragut through the spanish historiography», ponencia presentada al 2. Turgut Reis ve Türk Denizcilik Tarihi Uluslararasi Sempozyumu. 1-4 Kasim 2013. Turgutreis – Bodrum, actualmente en prensa. 14. La bibliografía divulgativa es abundante, por lo que aquí solo ofreceré unas cuantas obras de interés. Bunes Ibarra, M. A. de: Los Barbarroja: corsarios del Mediterráneo. Madrid, 2004. y, «Cortés y los hermanos Barbarroja en los escritos de Francisco López de Gomara», Revista de Indias, 181, 1987, pp. 901-1906. Bunes Ibarra, M. A. de y Sola, E.: La Vida, y historia de Hayradin, llamado Barbarroja, Gavazat-I Hayreddin Pasa: la crónica del guerrero de la fe Hayreddin Barbarroja. Granada, 1997. Sola, E.: Uchalí: el Calabrés Tiñoso, o el mito del corsario muladí en la frontera. Barcelona, 2010. © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca Stud. his., H.ª mod., 36, 2014, pp. 59-75 62 ELOY MARTÍN CORRALES DRAGUT, UN CORSARIO ENEMIGO, ADMIRADO Y TEMIDO África. Ayúdole a subir a tanto el rico dote que le dio con una su hija Zaribat de los Gelves, donde hizo morada. Solimán le hizo su sanjac y su capitán de los corsarios. Era hombre cruel, osado y diligentísimo en su oficio después de que fue preso, y asi nunca en 3 o 4 años lo pudieron ver Andrea de Oria, ni don Berenguel, ni don García, ni otros capitanes que lo anduvieron buscando15. Como se observa, López de Gomara trata bien, en líneas generales, a Dragut.
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