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Mohammed Trik

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Mohammed Trik
Dey
The French captain of frigate, Pierre Porcon de La Barbinais, taken prisoner by the dey Mohammed Trik.
Admiral of Algiers
Reign1621-1671
SuccessorMezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
1st Dey of Algiers
Reign1671-1682
SuccessorBaba Hassan
BornMuhammad ben Mahmûd Trîk
late 16th century
Algiers, Regency of Algiers
Died1682
Tripoli, Eyalet of Tripolitania
Arabicمحمد بن محمود تريك
ReligionSunni Islam
Military career
Battles/warsAnglo-Algerian War (1677-1682)

Mohammed Trik was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled eleven years as the first Dey of the Regency of Algiers

Rule

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He 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

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  1. ^ Kaddache 2011, p. 415-416.
  2. ^ Bekkaoui, Khalid., White women captives in North Africa. Narratives of enslavement, 1735-1830, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2010, p. 172

Sources

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  • 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.