Regency of Algiers

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North African polity Ottoman vassal state early modern state

The Regency of Algiers was an Ottoman-backed North African polity centered on the city of Algiers, known for its powerful corsair fleet and role in Mediterranean piracy and conflicts with European and American powers.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ottoman Regency of Algiers (in its territories)	1
Ottoman Regency of the Maghreb	1
Ottoman provincial administration in North Africa	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North African polity ⓘ Ottoman vassal state ⓘ early modern state ⓘ
capital	Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
conflict	Anglo-Algerian conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ Barbary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch–Algerian naval conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ First Barbary War NERFINISHED ⓘ French conquest of Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Barbary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish–Algerian conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Algeria ⓘ
currency	boudjou ⓘ sultani ⓘ
diplomaticRelation	treaties with European powers ⓘ treaties with the United States ⓘ
economyBasedOn	corsairing ⓘ trade ⓘ tribute payments ⓘ
endCause	French conquest of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1830 ⓘ
establishedBy	Barbarossa brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Berbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupInPower	Kouloughlis NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	French Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	Ottoman provincial administration ⓘ military oligarchy ⓘ
hadAutonomyLevel	high provincial autonomy ⓘ
hasPart	city of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Constantine NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Oran NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Titteri ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus	Ottoman regency NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Beylerbey NERFINISHED ⓘ Dey of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Pasha ⓘ
historicalRegion	Ottoman Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Barbary corsairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean piracy ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ slave raids ⓘ
legalStatus	Barbary state NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
militaryBranch	corsair fleet ⓘ
notableEvent	1816 Bombardment of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of European ships for ransom ⓘ
notableLeader	Hayreddin Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hussein Dey NERFINISHED ⓘ Oruç Reis NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
paidHomageTo	Ottoman Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Barbary Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Hafsid influence in Algiers ⓘ Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
startTime	1516 ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
tributaryTo	Ottoman Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Staouéli → belligerent → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Second Barbary War → belligerent → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

William Bainbridge → capturedBy → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Battle of Staouéli → countryAtTime → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Second Barbary War → countryInvolved → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Siege of Constantine (1836) → countryInvolved → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif → countryOfCitizenship → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif → governedUnder → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Barbary States → hadSemiAutonomousStatus → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

1830 landing at Sidi Ferruch → hasBelligerent → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Barbary States → hasMember → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif → partOf → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman provincial administration in North Africa

Ottoman governorship of Tunis → partOf → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Regency of the Maghreb

Conquest of Tunis (1535) → participant → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

Emirate of Abdelkader → precededBy → Regency of Algiers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Regency of Algiers (in its territories)

Battle of Staouéli → relatedTo → Regency of Algiers ⓘ