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The '''Barbary States''' was the collective name of the north African states of [[Tangiers]], [[Algiers]], [[Tunis]], and [[Tripoli]], which practiced a form of Muslim piracy between the 16th and early 19th centuries. The Barbary States were possibly named for Yakupoğlu Hızır (Hızır son of Yakup) and his elder brother Baba Oruç (Father Aruj), Turkish privateers in the 16th century who preyed on merchant shipping in the [[Mediterranean]]; they were called the "brothers ''Barbarossa''", meaning "red beard", from which the word ''barbary'' comes from. It is more likely that the name comes from the Berber people who have been the inhabitants of this area since ancient times.
The '''Barbary States''' was the collective name of the north African states of [[Tangiers]], [[Algiers]], [[Tunis]], and [[Tripoli]], which practiced a form of Muslim piracy between the 16th and early 19th centuries. The Barbary States were possibly named for Yakupoğlu Hızır (Hızır son of Yakup) and his elder brother Baba Oruç (Father Aruj), Turkish privateers in the 16th century who preyed on merchant shipping in the [[Mediterranean]]; they were called the "brothers ''Barbarossa''", meaning "red beard", from which the word ''barbary'' comes from. It is more likely that the name comes from the Berber people who have been the inhabitants of this area since ancient times.
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[[Category:Early National U.S.]][[Category:United States Navy]][[Category:Wars Related to Islam]]