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 Khaznadji |
| Successor | Ali Khodja |
| Born | Omar ben Mohammed c. 1773 Lesbos[1] |
| Died | 8 September 1817 Algiers |
| Arabic | عمر آغا |
Omar Agha was the
Early life
He was born on the island of Lesbos.[2] His name was Omar ben Mohammed. He left for Algiers at an unknown date, and first became a privateer, then a janissary. He soon became 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.
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.
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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