Odjak of Algiers Revolution
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The Revolution of the Odjak, also known as the Aghas Revolution or the Revolution of 1659 was an important military revolution that changed the essential bases of the government of the Ottoman Regency
Ottoman Janissary and Pasha flags
Battle between the Dutch and Barbary Pirates near the Coast, by Hendrik van Minderhout (1632-1696)
Algiers in the 17th century, with the Odjak flags risen over its forts, by Gerard van Keulen (dead 1726)
Janissary soldier of the Odjak of Algiers
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
Odjak of Algiers Revolution
…ceremonial, and agreed to assign executive authority to the Diwân of Algiers headed by the commander-in-chief of the Algerian Odjak, Khalil Agha. The Corsair Barbarossa brothers Oruç and Hayreddin had placed the Regency under the protection of the Porte, and had requested and obtained the title of pasha. In…
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)