Algiers

Algiers is Algeria’s capital and principal Mediterranean port. It was a major Ottoman provincial center and a base for corsair activity from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Algiers Regency: An Ottoman-ruled polity centered on Algiers that governed much of northern Algeria from the sixteenth century until French conquest. The regency made Algiers the seat of Ottoman authority and corsair power.
Barbary corsairs: Muslim privateers and naval forces based in North Africa that raided and captured ships and coastal settlements, especially from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Algiers became one of the best-known bases for these raiding and naval operations.
Dey of Algiers: The title of the ruler of the Algiers Regency, especially after the early eighteenth century. The dey governed the city and regency during its later Ottoman period.
Tunis: The capital of Tunisia and a major North African city with a history of Ottoman rule. Tunis shared Ottoman and corsair histories but developed under a separate regency.
Ottoman Empire: A state that ruled much of southeastern Europe, western Asia, and North Africa from the late thirteenth century to 1922. Ottoman rule shaped the city's government, defenses, and Mediterranean role.
Privateering: State-authorized maritime warfare in which privately operated vessels attack enemy shipping under a letter of marque. Corsair activity blended private profit with the regency's political and military aims.
Thomas Pellew: A British naval officer who commanded the 1816 bombardment of Algiers. His attack became a decisive external challenge to the city's corsair system.
Tripoli: The capital of Libya and a historic Mediterranean port once governed as an Ottoman regency. Tripoli was another Ottoman corsair center, but its political trajectory differed from Algiers's.
Hayreddin Barbarossa: An Ottoman admiral and corsair who helped establish Ottoman authority in Algiers during the sixteenth century. His campaigns tied Algiers to Ottoman naval power.
Algiers bombardment of 1816: A British-Dutch naval attack on Algiers in August 1816 intended to end the city's enslavement of European captives. The bombardment struck at the naval power supporting Algiers's corsair economy.

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