Mohammed Trik

Mohammed Trik
Dey
The French captain of frigate, Pierre Porcon de La Barbinais, taken prisoner by the dey Mohammed Trik.
Admiral of Algiers
Reign	1621–1671
Successor	Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
1st Dey of Algiers
Reign	1671–1682
Successor	Baba Hassan
Born	Muhammad ben Mahmûd Trîk late 16th century Algiers, Regency of Algiers
Died	1682 Tripoli, Eyalet of Tripolitania
Arabic	محمد بن محمود تريك
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Battles / wars	Anglo-Algerian War (1677–1682)

Mohammed Trik was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled eleven years as the first Dey of the Regency of Algiers

Rule

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.

See also

• List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers

References

1. Kaddache 2011, p. 415-416.
2. Bekkaoui, Khalid., White women captives in North Africa. Narratives of enslavement, 1735-1830, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2010, p. 172

Sources

• Kaddache, Mahfoud (2011). L'Algérie des Algériens. Alger: Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion. ISBN   978-9961-9-6621-1.
• Merouche, Lemnouar (2007-10-15). Recherches sur l'Algérie à l'époque ottomane II.: La course, mythes et réalité (in French). Editions Bouchène. ISBN   978-2-35676-055-5.