Raïs Hamidou
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Hamidou ben Ali, known as Raïs Hamidou, or Amidon in American literature, was an Algerian Admiral. As a state-sanctioned pirate and slaver he is credited with capturing up to 200 ships during his care
Statue of Hamidou in the Central museum of the Army in Algiers
Second Barbary War
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The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War and the Algerine War, was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815.
Raïs Hamidou
…to some sources, during his career, he seized a total of more than 200 sailboats. He died in 1815 after being ambushed by an American fleet during the US-Algerian war. Tunisian–Algerian War (1807…
Commodore Decatur’s Squadron capturing the Algerian pirate ship Mashuda, on 17 June 1815, Irwin Bevan
Decatur's squadron off Algiers