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  2. Regency of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    The Regency of Algiers [a] [b] was an early modern semi-independent Ottoman province and tributary state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. [c] Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Reis, also known as the barbarossa brothers, the Regency succeeded the crumbling Kingdom of Tlemcen as an infamous and formidable pirate base that plundered and waged maritime ...

  3. Ottoman wars in Africa - Wikipedia

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    In the year 1560, an Ottoman navy commanded by Piyale Pasha defeated a large navy of the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Djerba. After this battle Uluç Ali Reis of the Ottoman Empire captured the city for the second time in 1569 during the reign of Selim II. [5] Two years later the city was lost to the Holy Roman Empire for the second time ...

  4. Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire, [ k ] also called the Turkish-Ottoman Empire, [ 25 ][ 26 ] was an imperial realm [ l ] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. [ 27 ][ 28 ][ 29 ] The ...

  5. Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire spans seven centuries. The origins of the Ottomans can be traced back to the late 11th century when a few small Muslim emirates of Turkic origins and nomadic nature—called Beyliks —started to be found in different parts of Anatolia. Their main role was to defend Seljuk border areas with the ...

  6. Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Beylerbey. A detailed map showing the Ottoman Empire and its dependencies, including its administrative divisions (vilayets, sanjaks, kazas), in 1899. The Turkish word for governor-general is Beylerbey, meaning 'lord of lords'. In times of war, they would assemble under his standard and fight as a unit in the sultan's army.

  7. Ottoman Tripolitania - Wikipedia

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    Like the Ottoman regencies in Tunis and Algiers, the Regency of Tripoli was a major base for the privateering activities of the North African corsairs, who also provided revenues for Tripoli. [1] [2] A remnant of the centuries of Turkish rule is the presence of a population of Turkish origin, and those of partial Turkish origin, the Kouloughlis.

  8. Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    List. Map showing some vassal states of the Ottoman Empire in 1683. Byzantine Empire 1371–20 February 1403, 1424–6 April 1453. Despotate of the Morea (1422–1470) Empire of Trebizond (1456–1461) Lordship of Prilep (1371–1395) Dejanović noble family (1371–1395) Principality of Wallachia (Eflâk Prensliği), 1396–1397, 1417–1861 ...

  9. Eyalet - Wikipedia

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    Eyalets (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت, pronounced [ejaːˈlet], lit. 'province'), also known as beylerbeyliks[1] or pashaliks, were the primary administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth century the Ottoman local government was loosely structured. [2] The empire was at first divided into states ...