Corsairs of Algiers
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title:
Corsairs of Algiers
text:
The ta'ifa of raïs or the Raïs for short, were Barbary pirates based in Ottoman Algeria who were involved in piracy and the slave trade in the Mediterranean Sea from the 16th to the 19th century. They were an ethnically mixed group of seafarers, including mostly "renegades" from European provinces of the Mediterranean and the North Sea, along with a minority of Turks and Moors. Such crews were experienced in naval combat, making Algiers a formidable pirate base. Its activity was directed against
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description:
1516–1830 unit of the Algerine army
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsairs_of_Algiers
date created:
2023-06-29T22:52:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:20:09Z
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