Corsairs of Algiers
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The ta'ifa of raïs or the Raïs for short, were Barbary pirates based in Regency of Algiers who were involved in piracy and the slave trade in the Mediterranean Sea from the 16th to the 19th century. T
A Corsair of Algiers
Extent of the Regency of Algiers in late 18th-/early 19th-century according to multiple primary sources
Inside the Palais des Rais (Palace of the Corsair captains) in Algiers
Admiralty of Algiers in 1880, seat of Captain Raïs, harbor master and Wakil al-kharadj (minister of the navy)
American-Algerian War
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The American-Algerian War was a state of conflict which existed between the Regency of Algiers and the United States that lasted from 1785 to 1795. Occurring after the U.S. became independent from the
Corsairs of Algiers
…Algiers expedition (1541) Battle of Lepanto (1571) Odjak of Algiers Revolution Anglo-Algerian War French-Algerian War 1681–88 Invasion of Algiers (1775) American–Algerian War (1785–1795) Battle off Cape Gata (1815) Bombardment of Algiers (1816) Invasion of Algiers in 1830 Commanders Notable commanders Oruç Reis Hayreddin Barbarossa…
Brigantine Polly of Newburyport Captured by Algerine Pirates, 1793
Christians in slavery, by Jackson George Anson. British Library