Barbary States

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The Barbary States were a group of North African Ottoman regencies—primarily Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and the Sultanate of Morocco—known for state-sponsored piracy and corsair raids in the Mediterranean from the 16th to 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of states
historical political entity
activeInPeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
early 19th century
alsoKnownAs Barbary Coast
Barbary Regencies
linked to: Barbary States
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea
capitalOfMember Algiers
Tripoli
Tunis
continent Africa
economicActivity privateering
ransom of captives
slave trade
endedBy European colonial expansion in North Africa
French conquest of Algiers
increased European naval power
engagedInConflictWith Dutch Republic
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Spain
United States
hadSemiAutonomousStatus Regency of Algiers
Regency of Tripoli
Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
hasMember Regency of Algiers
Regency of Tripoli
Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis

Sultanate of Morocco
linked to: Morocco
historicalRegion Maghreb
linked to: North Africa
knownFor corsair activity
naval warfare in the Mediterranean
slave raids
state-sponsored piracy
language Arabic
Berber languages
Ottoman Turkish
locatedIn North Africa
nameDerivedFrom term Barbary
nameRefersTo Berber peoples
linked to: Berbers
notUnderFullOttomanControl Sultanate of Morocco
linked to: Morocco
partOf Ottoman Empire
religion Islam
subjectOf First Barbary War
Second Barbary War
underSuzeraintyOf Ottoman Sultan
linked to: Ottoman sultan

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First Barbary War opponent Barbary States
Bey of Tunis country Regency of Tunis
linked to: Barbary States
Barbary Coast area namedAfter Barbary Coast of North Africa
linked to: Barbary States
Barbary corsairs affiliatedWith Ottoman Regency of Algiers
linked to: Barbary States
Barbary corsairs affiliatedWith Ottoman Regency of Tripoli
linked to: Barbary States
Second Barbary War belligerent Barbary States
Second Barbary War countryInvolved Pashalik of Tripoli
linked to: Barbary States
Battle of Staouéli relatedTo Ottoman Empire in North Africa
linked to: Barbary States
Barbary Coast alsoKnownAs Barbary States
Barbary Coast underSovereigntyOf Ottoman Empire (Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli)
linked to: Barbary States
Barbary States alsoKnownAs Barbary Regencies
linked to: Barbary States
Treaty of Tripoli (1805) signedBetween Pashalik of Tripoli
linked to: Barbary States
Karamanli Mosque culturalContext Ottoman Libya
linked to: Barbary States
Franco-Ottoman alliance appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman North Africa
linked to: Barbary States
Ottoman governorship of Tunis partOf Ottoman North Africa
linked to: Barbary States