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Mohammed Trik was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled eleven years as the first Dey of the Regency of Algiers
Mohammed Trik | |
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Dey | |
![]() The French captain of frigate, Pierre Porcon de La Barbinais, taken prisoner by the dey Mohammed Trik. | |
Admiral of Algiers | |
Reign | 1621–1671 |
Successor | Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha |
1st Dey of Algiers | |
Reign | 1671–1682 |
Successor | Baba Hassan |
Born | Muhammad ben Mahmûd Trîk late 16th century Algiers, ![]() |
Died | 1682 Tripoli, ![]() |
Arabic | محمد بن محمود تريك |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military career | |
Battles/wars | Anglo-Algerian War (1677–1682) |
Rule
editHe reduced Ottoman authority to a ceremonial role, and ousted the Janissary aghas with the help of the Raises.[1]
In a report from 1676, he is noted to have been married to a former slave concubine, described as a "cunning covetous English woman, who would sell her soule for a Bribe", with whom the English viewed it as "chargeable to bee kept in her favour… for Countrysake".[2]
In 1677, he declared war against England and attacked English shipping.
References
edit- ^ Kaddache 2011, p. 415-416.
- ^ Bekkaoui, Khalid., White women captives in North Africa. Narratives of enslavement, 1735-1830, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2010, p. 172
Sources
edit- Kaddache, Mahfoud (2011). L'Algérie des Algériens. Alger: Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion. ISBN 978-9961-9-6621-1.
- Merouche, Lemnouar (2007-10-15). Recherches sur l'Algérie à l'époque ottomane II.: La course, mythes et réalité (in French). Editions Bouchène. ISBN 978-2-35676-055-5.