The exploits of the Barbarossa brothers and the founding of the regency of Algiers: 1516-1533

Belabdelouahab-fernini Linda

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The exploits of the Barbarossa brothers and the founding of the regency of Algiers: 1516-1533

Authors:

Belabdelouahab-fernini Linda

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Revue LAROS Vol.11 Issue 1, pp.9-23

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001562531

pISSN:

2676-220X

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Abstract:

 After the fall of Granada in 1492, Spain began the colonization of 
America on the one hand, and continued its Reconquista by taking over 
multiple ports of the Algerian coast forcing the cities of Ténès, Mostaganem 
and Cherchell to pay tribute, on the other hand. Spain also annexed several 
coastal towns: Mers El Kebir in 1505, Oran in 1509 and Béjaïa in 1510. The 
residents of Algiers appealed to the Barbarossa brothers to stop this 
expansion. Arudj Barbarossa had already rescued thousands of Muslims 
fleeing the Spanish inquisition by transporting them to North Africa between 
1504 and 1510. 
Our article aims to identify the achievements of the Barbarossa 
brothers from the foundation of the Regency of Algiers in 1516 to the end of 
power of Kheir-Eddin in Algiers in 1533. The Quincentenary of the creation 
of the Regency of Algiers is an opportunity to put the spotlight on the 
military contribution of the Barbarossa brothers, which reinforced the 
Regency facing the Spanish Reconquista projects. The small town of Algiers 
was propelled to the rank of capital of the Regency and military stronghold 
of the Sublime Porte facing the hegemony of the Spanish Empire. Thanks to 
the port it was provided, its fleet and its army, Algiers could then engage in 
its own defense against the European pillage of its coastal regions. Between 
1516 and 1830, Algiers which was called al Maḥrūssa "well-guarded", 
remained impregnable by the sea and gained a formidable international 
reputation that would last three centuries.

Article Details

The exploits of the Barbarossa brothers and the founding of the regency of Algiers: 1516-1533

Authors:

Belabdelouahab-fernini Linda

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Revue LAROS Vol.11 Issue 1, pp.9-23

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001562531

pISSN:

2676-220X

Barbarossa brothers

Arudj

Kheir

Eddin

Foundation of the Regency of Algiers

Issues

Article Details

The exploits of the Barbarossa brothers and the founding of the regency of Algiers: 1516-1533

Authors: Belabdelouahab-fernini Linda

Publisher: Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal: Revue LAROS Vol.11 Issue 1, pp.9-23

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 2/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001562531

pISSN: 2676-220X

Barbarossa brothers

Arudj

Kheir

Eddin

Foundation of the Regency of Algiers

Issues

Authors:

Belabdelouahab-fernini Linda

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Revue LAROS Vol.11 Issue 1, pp.9-23

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

2/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001562531

pISSN:

2676-220X