page_title: Jan Janszoon
section_title: Notable raids
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Janszoon / Notable raids
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of the book of Oluf Eigilsson (1628). Oluf Eigilsson was captured by Murat Reis the Younger (known as Morat Reis in the West) in 1627 at the island of Vestmannaeyjar near Iceland. He was taken to Algiers, but ransomed and released in 1628. After returning to Iceland, he wrote a book in Danish about his experience with the corsairs.
context_page_description: Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, commonly known as Murat Reis the Younger, was a Dutch pirate in Morocco who converted to Islam after being captured by a Moorish state in 1618. He began serving as a pirate, one of the most famous of the 17th-century "Salé Rovers". Together with other corsairs, he helped establish the independent Republic of Salé at the city of that name, serving as the first President and Grand Admiral. He also served as Governor of Oualidia.
caption: Ólafur Egilsson was captured by Murat Reis the Younger
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