Cara Mehmed

Cara Mehmed (c. 1723–1749) was a slave from Ottoman Tripolitania who was one of the leaders of a successful slave rebellion on board the Ottoman galley Lupa in January 1748. After gaining his freedom, he converted from Islam to Christianity, took the name of Giovanni Battista Emanuele Pinto and entered the service of Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca in Hospitaller Malta. In June 1749, he was implicated in a slave revolt plot which was orchestrated by his former master Mustafa, Pasha of Rhodes, and he was subsequently executed by the Hospitallers.


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