Müezzinzade Ali Pasha brought experience as governor of Egypt and Kapudan Pasha but died in the battle. Mehmed Sirocco had governed Alexandria, commanded the Ottoman right, and fought aggressively against Barbarigo's Venetians. Uluç Ali was an Italian-born corsair who commanded the forces of Algiers and later became Kapudan Pasha. His contingent represented a semi-autonomous regency inside the wider Ottoman fleet rather than a uniform centrally owned force. The three careers show why Ottoman command looked simpler on paper than it was in operation.
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Ottoman commanders combined political and military power
Ali Pasha, Mehmed Sirocco, and Uluç Ali embodied an Ottoman system in which governors, admirals, and political leaders overlapped.