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  2. Algiers - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  3. Cherchell - Wikipedia

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    Cherchell (Amazigh: ⵛⵔⵛⴰⵍ, Arabic: شرشال) is a town on Algeria's Mediterranean coast, 89 kilometers (55 mi) west of Algiers. It is the seat of Cherchell District in Tipaza Province. Under the names Iol and Caesarea, it was formerly a Roman colony and the capital of the kingdoms of Numidia and Mauretania.

  4. Algiers (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Tlemcen was occasionally also called the Kingdom of Algiers; Regency of Algiers, a state in North Africa; Bombardment of Algiers (disambiguation), multiple bombardments of Algiers throughout history; Invasion of Algiers in 1830, the event which ended the Regency of Algiers; Battle of Algiers (1956–1957), a battle between the FLN ...

  5. Barbary Coast - Wikipedia

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    A 17th-century map by the Dutch cartographer Jan Janssonius showing the Barbary Coast, here "Barbaria". The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of ...

  6. History of the Regency of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers

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    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 ...

  8. Maqam Echahid - Wikipedia

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    Consisting of three stylized fins that join mid-height, the concrete monument built by the Canadian company Lavalin, based on a model produced in the Fine Art Institute of Algiers, under the leadership of Bashir Yelles, reaches a height of 92 metres (302 ft). Above the three supporting fins, at 14 metres (47 ft) from the ground, is an Islamic ...

  9. Regency of Algiers - Wikipedia

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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 ...