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Ottoman Algeria
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Ottoman Algeria
Ottoman Algeria
, formally the
Regency of Algiers
, was an
Ottoman
territory centered on
Algiers
, eventually covering all coastal lands of modern
Algeria
. It was established in 1525 when
Hayreddin Barbarossa
captured the city. The Regency of Algiers was the principal center of Ottoman power in the
Maghreb
. It was also a base from which attacks were made on European shipping. It rivaled and displaced the
Zianids
, the
Hafsids
and the
Spanish possessions in northern Africa
, and was a major hub of
Mediterranean piracy
and
slave markets
, until the
French conquest of Algeria
in 1830.
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