Raïs Hamidou
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| Raïs Hamidou الرايس حميدو |
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| File:Rais hamidou.jpg | |
| Born | 1773 Boumerdes, Ottoman Algeria |
| Died | 1815 Cape Gata, Near of Spain |
| Piratical career | |
| Nickname | Amir el bihar (leader of the seas) |
| Type | Corsair |
| Allegiance | Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire |
| Years active | 1795 - 1815 |
| Rank | Captain, then Admiral |
| Commands | Meshuda Portuguesa |
Rais Hamidou or Hamidu, also called Hammida or Amidon (in the American literature) (1773–1815) was a famous Algerine corsair. He captured many ships during his career and was known for his gallantry and chivalry.[citation needed] Hamidou died in the Battle off Cape Gata against an American squadron commanded by Stephen Decatur in 1815. The commune of Raïs Hamidou in Algiers, is named after him.
Captain William Bainbridge pays tribute to the Dey of Algiers, in the name of the United States of America; in 1800.
File:Reinier Nooms - Shipping off Algiers.jpg
Algiers the capital of Algeria in the time of Rais Hamidou
Sources
- Albert Devoulx, Le raïs Hamidou: notice biographique sur le plus célèbre corsaire algérien du XIIIe siècle de l'hégire, Dubos Frères, 1859
- Paul Desprès, Raïs Hamidou : Le dernier corsaire barbaresque d'Alger, Harmattan, mars 2007
- H. D. de Grammont, Histoire d'Alger sous la domination turque, Paris 1887
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- 1773 births
- 1815 deaths
- Algerian Navy officers
- Privateers
- People from Boumerdès Province
- Algerian sailors
- Ottoman Algeria
- Barbary Wars
- Pirates
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