The Regency of Algiers was an early modern semi-independent Ottoman province and nominal vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and
Aruj Reis, Sultan of Algiers, 1590s. University of Heidelberg library.
Hayreddin Reis, first Beylerbey of Algiers. University of Heidelberg library.
Barbary state of Algeria within the Ottoman Empire (in white) during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars in 1560, The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
Mid-16th century Ottoman Algerian (yellow) attacks against Saadians (green).
The invasion of Algiers was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by King Charles X, invaded and conquered the Regency of Algiers. A diplomatic incident in 1827, the s
Attack on Algiers by sea, 29 June 1830 Théodore Gudin, 1831
The "Fly whisk affair" which was the pretext for the invasion
Sailors loading the ships for the expedition
Landing on the Sidi Ferruch on 14 June 1830