Omar Agha
| Omar Agha | |
|---|---|
| Dey-Pasha of Algiers Sultan of Algiers Dey of Algiers | |
 Omar Agha (Sitting on the couch) | |
| Reign | 11 April 1815-8 September 1817 |
| Predecessor | Mohamed Kharnadji |
| Successor | Ali Khodja |
| Born | Omar ben Mohammed 1773 Lesbos[1] |
| Died | 8 September 1817 Algiers |
| Arabic | عمر آغا |
Omar Agha was the
Deylik of Algiers from April 1815 to September 1817, after the assassination of his predecessor Mohamed Kharnadji
on 7 April 1815, who had been in office for only 17 days.
Early life
He was born on the island of
Agha of the Odjak of Algiers
.
Rule
He launched a war against Tunis, and led the attacks of
Barbary privateers on American ships. An expedition of the US Navy led by Commodore Stephen Decatur in command of a squadron of nine ships, was conducted in 1815 against the Regency of Algiers. The episode is known as the Second Barbary War
. The operation forced Dey Omar to sign a treaty ending attacks of piracy, a treaty that he denounced shortly thereafter.
Jewish inhabitants to forced labour in the place of Christian slaves.[3] Moreover, the problem remained such that it was one of the main areas of contention at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)
.
Death
Thanks to the series of defeats, at the hands of Europeans, he was strangled on September 8, 1817, and he was buried within an hour.Ali ben Ahmed.[5]
References
- ^ sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1878). A handbook for travellers in Algeria (and Tunis) [by sir R.L. Playfair. pp. 53–.
- JSTOR 1985162.
- ISBN 978-0-571-27711-7.
- ^ FO 3/19, McDonell to Bathhurst, 8 September 1817
- ^ Nettement, Alfred (1805-1869) Auteur du texte (1867). Histoire de la conquête d'Alger : écrite sur des documents inédits et authentiques (Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée) / par M. Alfred Nettement.
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- Raïs Hamidou: Le dernier corsaire barbaresque d'Alger [1] Par Paul Desprès
- La piraterie barbaresque en Méditerranée: XVI-XIXe siècle [2] Par Roland Courtinat
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