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The Regency of Algiers [a] [b] 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 Hayreddin Reis (also known as the Barbarossa brothers), the Regency succeeded the Kingdom of Tlemcen as an infamous and formidable base that waged maritime holy war on European Christian ...
The Regency of Algiers was founded in 1516 and existed as largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire until the French invasion of 1830.Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Regency was an important pirate base for Barbary corsairs and became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers.
The first dey of Algiers. He reduced Ottoman authority to a ceremonial role, and ousted the Janissary aghas with the help of the Raises. [2] - 2 Baba Hassan: 1682 1683 Doulateli: He kept the independence of Algiers under his rule. He declared war on the Kingdom of France, provoking the Djidjelli expedition, and the first and second bombardments ...
The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (Arabic: الزيانيون) was a Berber [138] [139] kingdom in what is now the northwest of Algeria. Its territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers , and at its zenith reached Sijilmasa and the Moulouya River in the west, Tuat to the south and the Soummam in the east.
Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and the Cherifian dynasties or Algerian-Sherifian conflicts [1] opposed Morocco to the Ottoman Empire and its dependencies in a series of wars between the Regency of Algiers and its allied local sultanates and tribal confederations, and on the other hand, the Sharifian Saadian and Alawite dynasties that had ruled Morocco since the 16th century.
[note 1] [4]) [5] and in the arab dialect of the region, often called El Bahdja (« the joyous »), El Mahrussa (« the good-guarded ») ou El Beida (« the white ») The present name of the city is the arabic name (al-Jazāʾir (الجزائر)), meaning "The Islands", this name's origin is related to the 4 main islands off the western cape where people settled, looking on a map we can notice ...
Location: Tlemcen The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving) Beylerbeylik of Algiers Kingdom of Ait Abbas: Spanish Empire Saadi sultanate: Algerian victory. The Moulouya river is set as the border; Campaign of Tlemcen (1552) Location: Tlemcen: Beylerbeylik of Algiers ...
Jacques Philippe Laugier de Tassy, the French Consulate Chancellor in Algiers from 1717 to 1718, was the first to report on Zaphira's life events in his History of the Kingdom of Algiers, published in 1725. In the preface, he stated that he translated a vellum manuscript held by Sidi Ahmed ben Haraam, a marabout from Constantine claiming ...