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Algiers is a city on the seacoast; Ibn Battuta passed through it on his way from the Maghrib to the Mashriq. Ibn Khaldun says Bulukin ibn Ziri the Sanhaji founded it on his father's command; in the sixteenth century it became the capital of naval jihad in North Africa under the Barbarossa brothers and then joined the Ottoman state.
Algiers is a city on the seacoast, which Ibn Battuta passed through on his way from the Maghrib to the Mashriq. In Ibn Khaldun's account Bulukin ibn Ziri ibn Manad al-Sanhaji laid it out on his father's command in his days — the city named for Banu Mazghanna — in the era of the Ubaydis at Kairouan. In the sixteenth century it was the capital of naval jihad in North Africa: the brothers Aruj and Khayr al-Din Barbarossa entered and ruled it, and from it Khayr al-Din joined the Ottoman state after strengthening its fortifications.
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Algiers is a city on the seacoast, passed through by Ibn Battuta on his way from the Maghrib to the Mashriq. In Ibn Khaldun's Ibar it was laid out by Bulukin ibn Ziri ibn Manad al-Sanhaji on his father's command and in his days — the city named for Banu Mazghanna — in the era of the Ubaydis at Kairouan. In the sixteenth century it was the capital of naval jihad in North Africa: the brothers Aruj and Khayr al-Din Barbarossa entered and ruled it, and from it Khayr al-Din joined the Ottoman state after strengthening its fortifications, as al-Sallabi's Ottoman history tells.
Overview
Algiers: a city on the coast of the sea. Ibn Battuta passed through it on his way from the Maghrib to the East. 3
According to Ibn Khaldun, Bulughin ibn Ziri ibn Manad al-Sanhaji founded it by the order of his father and in his time, and it is attributed to the Banu Mazghanna, in the days of the Fatimids in Qayrawan. 1
In the sixteenth century
It was the capital of naval holy war in North Africa. The brothers Aruj and Khayr al-Din Barbarossa entered it and ruled it, and from it Khayr al-Din joined the Ottoman state after he had strengthened its fortifications. 2
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Hasan Agha al-Tushi· Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa· خير الدين بربروسة· Salih Reis· Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor· Kılıç Ali Pasha· عروج بربروسة· Muhammad b. Salih Reis
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p. 1630
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 207-216
- Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
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islam.museum contributors. “Algiers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/algiers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.