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Barbary corsairs

The Barbary corsairs, also known as the Barbary pirates, Ottoman corsairs, or naval mujahideen (in Muslim sources), were mainly Muslim corsairs and privateers who operated from the North African coast, known in Europe as the Barbary Coast. In addition to seizing merchant ships, they engaged in razzias—raids on European coastal towns and villages, mainly…

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related to Further reading · 116
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related to In fiction · 46
Barbary corsairs → Alexandre Dumas, Algeri, Algiers, Angélique, Anne Golon, Argel, Barbary, Baroque Cycle, Captive's, Cervantes, Clive Cussler, Commander, Corsair, Daniel Defoe, Doctor Dolittle, Don Quixote, Edgar Rice Burroughs, El Trato, Emilio Salgari, Hugh Lofting
related to Number of people enslaved · 25
Barbary corsairs → According, Africa, African, Barbary, Christian, David Earle, Davis, Davis's, Edinburgh, Europe, European, Europeans, He, His, Historians, However, Malta, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Professor Ian Blanchard
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Barbary corsairs → According, Adrian Tinniswood, Barbary, Barbary Coast, Discourse, European, Henry Mainwaring, Iceland, In, Infamous, Islam, Kemal Reis, Maghreb, Mainwaring, Mediterranean, Moorish, Native Maghrebins, Newfoundland, North Africa, Ottoman
related to Legacy · 19
Barbary corsairs → American, As Dr, Atlantic, Barbary, British, Britons, Europe, European, Europeans, John Callow, Muslim, Muslims, Near East, North Africa, North African, Scholar Robert Davis, Suffolk, The, University
related to Barbary slave trade · 16
Barbary corsairs → Africa, Baltimore, Barbary, Barbary Coast, Between, England, France, From, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, On, Portugal, Spain
related to The Middle Ages · 14
Barbary corsairs → Barbary, Barbary Crusade, European Christian, Franco-Genoese, In, Kemal Reis, Maghreb, Mahdia, Moorish, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Reconquista, Trinitarians, Tunisian
related to history · 1
Barbary corsairs → The Barbary

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Ireland were abandoned following the raidinstance ofsettlements0.80text
only being resettled many years laterinstance ofsettlements0.80text
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Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeBarbary Coast0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeNorth Africa0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeBarbary0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeMediterranean Sea0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeAfrica0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeItaly0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeFrance0.60section
Barbary corsairsrelated to Barbary slave tradeSpain0.60section

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