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.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Regency of Algiers → legalStatus → Barbary state ⓘ
linked to: Barbary States
Omar Agha → partOf → Barbary rulers of North Africa ⓘ
linked to: Barbary States
Treaty of Tripoli (1816) → relatedTo → United States–Barbary States relations ⓘ
linked to: Barbary States
Mediterranean Squadron → operatedNear → Barbary States ⓘ
U.S. consul to Tunis → diplomaticMission → United States–Barbary States relations ⓘ
linked to: Barbary States