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Mohammed Trik
Ruler of Algiers (d. 1682) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Trik was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled eleven years as the first Dey of the Regency of Algiers
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He reduced Ottoman authority to a ceremonial role, and ousted the Janissary aghas with the help of the Raises.[1]
In a report from 1676, he is noted to have been married to a former slave concubine, described as a "cunning covetous English woman, who would sell her soule for a Bribe", with whom the English viewed it as "chargeable to bee kept in her favour… for Countrysake".[2]
In 1677, he declared war against England and attacked English shipping.
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