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The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in
Barbary was not always a unified political entity. From the 16th century onward, it was divided into the political entities of the Regency of Algiers, Regency of Tripoli, Regency of Tunis, and the Alawi Sultanate. Major rulers and petty monarchs during the times of the Barbary states' plundering parties included the dey of Algiers, pasha of Tripoli, bey of Tunis, and the 
The first military land action overseas of the United States was executed by the US Marines and the US Navy in 1805 at the
Une ville du Maghreb entre ancien régime et réformes ottomanes
Genèse des institutions municipales à Tripoli de Barbarie (1795–1911)'', Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002, p. 305
Ohio State University {{Authority control Barbary Wars Berber history Coasts of Africa Historical regions Regency of Algiers History of North Africa Regions of Africa
The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
, Tunis, and Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to:
Cities and other geographic units Greece
*Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece
*Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in t ...
, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries. The term originates from an exonym for the Berbers
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, pop1 = 14 million to 18 million
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History
Barbary was not always a unified political entity. From the 16th century onward, it was divided into the political entities of the Regency of Algiers, Regency of Tripoli, Regency of Tunis, and the Alawi Sultanate. Major rulers and petty monarchs during the times of the Barbary states' plundering parties included the dey of Algiers, pasha of Tripoli, bey of Tunis, and the sultan of Morocco
This is the list of rulers of Morocco, since the establishment of the state in 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the designation King has been used.
The present King of Moroc ...
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In 1625, the pirate fleet of Algiers, by far the largest, numbered 100 ships of various sizes, carrying 8,000 to 10,000 men. The corsair
A corsair is a privateer or pirate, especially:
* Barbary corsair, Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers operating from North Africa
* French corsairs, privateers operating on behalf of the French crown
Corsair may also refer to:
Arts and ...
industry alone accounted for 25 percent of the workforce of the city, not counting other activities of the port. The fleet only averaged 25 ships in the 1680s, but these were larger vessels than had been used since the 1620s, so the fleet still employed some 7,000 men. In addition, 2,500 men manned the pirate fleet of Tripoli, 3,000 in Tunis, and several thousand more in the various minor pirate bases such as Bona, Susa, Bizerta, and Salé. The corsairs were not solely natives of the cities where they were based; while many were Arabs and Berbers, there were also Turks, Greeks, Albanians, Syrians, and renegade Italians, especially Corsicans, among their number.Gregory Hanlon. "The Twilight Of A Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800." Routledge: 1997. Pages 27-28.
The first military land action overseas of the United States was executed by the US Marines and the US Navy in 1805 at the Battle of Derna
The Battle of Derna at Derna, Cyrenaica, was the decisive victory in April–May 1805 of a mercenary army recruited and led by United States Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Eaton, diplomatic Consul to Tripoli, an ...
, at Tripoli, a coastal city now in eastern Libya, in April 1805. It was part of an effort to destroy the Barbary pirates and end piracy between warring tribes by the Barbary states, which were themselves member states of the Ottoman Empire. The opening line of the '' Marines' Hymn'' refers to this action: "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli...".https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Marines-Hymn/
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Sources
* * LAFI (Nora),Une ville du Maghreb entre ancien régime et réformes ottomanes
Genèse des institutions municipales à Tripoli de Barbarie (1795–1911)'', Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002, p. 305
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*Ohio State University {{Authority control Barbary Wars Berber history Coasts of Africa Historical regions Regency of Algiers History of North Africa Regions of Africa