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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 | + | 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 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. |
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Revision as of 03:31, August 15, 2007
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 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.