The Barbary corsairs, Barbary pirates, Ottoman corsairs, or naval mujahideen (in Muslim sources) were mainly Muslim corsairs and privateers who operated...
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Barbary slave trade was Antoine Quartier. Iceland was subjected to several slave raids by the corsairs. In 1607, Iceland were raided by the corsairs who...
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from the Barbary states and ending the first war. During the War of 1812, with the encouragement of the United Kingdom, the Barbary corsairs resumed their...
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Boards of Canada "Corsair", a 2007 song from the EP Voyage by In Fear and Faith Corsairs: Conquest at Sea, a 1999 game by Microïds Corsairs (Freelancer),...
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Xebec (section Use by Barbary corsairs)
Mediterranean Sea. Xebecs were ships similar to galleys primarily used by Barbary pirates, which have both lateen sails and oars for propulsion. Early xebecs...
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Jan Janszoon (section Capture by Barbary corsairs)
He became one of the most famous of the 17th-century Barbary corsairs. Together with other corsairs, he helped establish the independent Republic of Salé...
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Tunis Turkish Abductions – Barbary slave raids against Iceland Corsairs of Algiers – 1516–1830 unit of the Algerine army Barbary slave trade – Slave markets...
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Fremont-Barnes, The Wars of the Barbary Pirates (London: Osprey, 2006) online Allen, Gardner Weld (1905). Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs. Boston, New York and...
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Arab world, besides the smaller American–Algerian War (1785–1795). Barbary corsairs and crews from the quasi-independent North African Ottoman provinces...
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Piracy (section Mediterranean corsairs)
captured by Barbary corsairs and sold as slaves in North Africa and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries. The most famous corsairs were the...
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ta'ifa of raïs (Arabic: طائفة الريس, community of corsair captains) or the Raïs for short, were Barbary pirates based in Ottoman Algeria who were involved...
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Regency of Algiers (section Barbary Wars)
Empire, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of England and Dutch Republic ended, Barbary corsairs started capturing merchant ships and their crews and goods from these...
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pirates. The Barbary pirates of North Africa as well as the Ottoman Empire were sometimes called "Turkish corsairs". The word "corsair" comes directly...
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Slavery on the Barbary Coast refers to the enslavement of people taken captive by the Barbary corsairs of North Africa. According to Robert Davis, author...
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Action of 14 April 1655 (section Barbary states)
under General-at-Sea Robert Blake destroyed the vessels of several Barbary corsairs. Blake's fleet destroyed two shore batteries and nine Algerian ships...
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presented a gift of four eunuchs to Emperor Constantine VII. Barbary pirates and Maltese corsairs both raided for slaves and purchased slaves from European...
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Antoine Qaurtier (category Slaves of the Barbary Coast)
French memoir writer. He fell victim to the Barbary slave trade after having been abducted by the barbary corsairs and sold in Libya, where he lived as a slave...
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French memoar writer. He fell victim to the Barbary slave trade after having been abducted by the barbary corsairs and sold in Alger, where he spent several...
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served in the Ottoman Navy. He is regarded as one of the most important Barbary corsairs. Born into an Albanian family on Rhodes in 1534 he began his career...
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between these combined squadrons and the Barbary corsairs, where the former made several captures of corsairs. On 8 September, Diego Pimentel, commander...
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Jack Ward (category Barbary pirates (people))
vessels. John Ward and Simon Danseker are credited with introducing Barbary corsairs to the use of square-rigged ships of northern Europe. The ballad "Captain...
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He and his brother fell victim to the Barbary slave trade after having been abducted by the barbary corsairs on their way to Germany after having been...
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from about 1650 to about 1720." Fiske included the activities of the Barbary corsairs and East Asian pirates in this "Golden Age," noting that "as these...
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with distinction in the Anglo-Dutch Wars and against the pirates of the Barbary Coast. He is also known for leading a poorly understood expedition to Valdivia...
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important pirate base notorious for Barbary corsairs. Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli were known in Europe as the Barbary States. The Ottomans called them Garb...
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Cuisines of the Mediterranean from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, with More than 500 Recipes. William Morrow Cookbooks. ISBN 978-0-688-15305-2...
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of its crew - the remainder being divided among the corsairs themselves. To be sustainable, corsair activity needed a significant investment in shipping...
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Mediterranean Squadron (United States) (category Barbary Wars)
Uriah Phillips Levy 1860 Allen, Gardner Weld (1905). Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs. Chester: Houghton Mifflin. McKee, Christopher (1996). Edward Preble:...
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Felice Caronni (category Slaves of the Barbary Coast)
and archeologist. He fell victim to the Barbary slave trade after having been abducted by the barbary corsairs in 1804 and sold in Tunis, where he spent...
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L. Hachette. p. 663. Panzac 2005, p. 33 Daniel Panzac (2005). The Barbary Corsairs: The End of a Legend, 1800-1820. BRILL. p. 33. ISBN 90-04-12594-9....
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