The Barbary Corsairs

بحرية الجزائر

A trail through Ottoman Algiers.

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4steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Oruç

    الأخ الأكبر يأخذ الجزائر 1516.

    عروج بربروسة · Algiers

  2. Hayreddin

    بربروس: أمير البحر للإمبراطورية كلها.

    خير الدين بربروسة · Algiers · Ottoman Empire

  3. The regency

    الجزائر العثمانية: ثلاثة قرون من الدايات.

    Algiers · Constantine · Wahran

  4. Resistance

    عبد القادر يقود الجهاد ضد فرنسا.

    Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri

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Overview

A path through Ottoman Algiers: Arudj and Khayr al-Din Barbarossa establish the state, and the Ottoman admiral of the Mediterranean.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Barbary Corsairs”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-barbary-ottomans/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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