| 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 |
Mohammed Trik (died 1682) was an Algerian official. He was the Dey of Algiers from 1671 to 1682. He was the first dey of Algiers.
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.
References
- ↑ Kaddache 2011, p. 415-416.
- ↑ 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.
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