Operation 'Moorish TAR Seven' at the Pillar of Hercules.

Daedalus wrote:

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:50 -0500, "honestjohn"
wrote:


"Art Deco" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:14 -0500, "honestjohn"
wrote:


"Art Deco" wrote in message
...
Warhol wrote:

Double-A a écrit :

Warhol wrote:
Wrong thinking Rat, its my keyboard of the portable that has
someproblems. I need to buy a new computer... But my budget does
not
permit me now to do more expenses that realy needed. So do you
understand...


I thought Al Qaeda paid better than that?

Double-A

Who??? The Al Qaeda Pie-Rats are seeking for their own distruction...
Now Her Majesty the Queen has a Moorish Light Prince of peace, at her
service , for the holy defense of her highness nations, against those
stupid desert scorpions... Admiral Warhol is back, you know what that
means for that Falls BinLondon, who is seeking to steal my holy seat
for his stupid masters, Rats, frogs, Pigs... well soon he too shall
fall in his own trap... And Remenber that a Sally Templar Warrior,
does
not fight for gold or silver... We fight for our LORD and His Queen...
and we are poor... as must be all good knight's serving the ancients
of
time, the founding Father of the Temple Warriors and their secret
missions true space and time... for a better future for all... but in
meantime the heavens war is not over yett... but the end battle is
near
now... First earth and than the other worlds will follow the Warholian
example... dont forget that I have the Golden belt now... In communion
with God nothing can go wrong or is impossible... a better future is
waiting us, but inmeantime its time to start to prepare for the FINAL
BATTLE... soon we will hear a loud voice of the Allmighty here in this
region, infected of wicked vermin. right its time for signs as the
falling rock of TAR, with warholian tears "The PHILLIPE STONE TEARS"..
Nobody that wanted to listen the Warnings I have tried to deliver...
right what does this man known about falling bodys... thats all as
reaction I recieve, while many many lives are at the game. There will
die soon many more than a stupid Binlondon attack. BHelas falling
bodys
out of the sky does not intresse the Media or the security service of
the world. Nobody is thinking that doom is coming soon in their
region.
Things they never have seen before. and in meantime Wolfs will sell us
a story a about that man in the mountains and brings 3 Buildings down
... The only and true Ol Man of the Mountain is ATLAS and nobody els.
he who carries all the sins of the world on his shoulders till this
day. The poor lord is the real forgotten christ... and first lord of
the Moon Temple of Silver and its ARC. OUR Father of All man after
those days of floods and distruction of a low fallen civilisation,
known to us as ATLANTIS. Is she now not gone since 12495 years and
even
Forgotten by humans memory. Well the teachings says he who does not
known his history is doomed to live it again. But this time its with
fire that they shall be baptized. and not with water as gran'da'dy,
did
in ancient times. if you understand what I mean... ha ha ha the good
ol
times before King Georges closed our harbor of the sally's at the holy
Rock of Tar. I HOPE THAT HER MAJESTY SOON SHALL REOPEN THE HOLY HARBOR
AT THE ROCK OF TAR FOR THE MOORISH SAILORS AND THEIR SHIPS.

The Admiral, Warhol.

Another warswine screed-rant. From the Official Descriptions:

Goofy Azzed Babboon:

"This award commemorates Kookistic achievement in the linguistic arts.
Of any language. To be awarded for categorical instances of such
achievement, but if a fully separate category of it is exhibited by
said Kook then they can win it more than once. There is no statute of
limitations here; one should award net.kooks of the past as well as the
present. Linguistic butchering is, we believe, a demonstrably proven
Kook Art. If the person's inability to use language comes from their
inexperience with it they do not qualify. Kooky language must come from
Kooky thought."

"It all fits." -- G=EMC^2 Glazier

I agree, so I nominate warswine for the Goofy Azzed Babboon.

Any seconds?

May the "Curse of Blackbeard" descend upon you like the spotlight on the
Sheriff's partol car scanning the bushes in the City Park.

Did the aforementioned spotlight pick out you and your latest "date",
johnboi?

In your dreams, Fartman. I'm not "burning with lust" for the same gender,

Which gender are you?

like you are, Fart. But again, I can't stop you from dreaming about me.

Why not? I suggest you get to work right now on a futuristic dream
blocking machine.


Your Pal,


Aww. That's nice!

The lames, they just never end in alt.astronomy.

H.J.


Jade

--
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reciprocal dependent directed surface tension not
instantaneous field wide reaction."
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Art Deco wrote:
Daedalus wrote:

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:09:50 -0500, "honestjohn"
wrote:


"Art Deco" wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:14 -0500, "honestjohn"
wrote:


"Art Deco" wrote in message
...
Warhol wrote:

Double-A a écrit :

Warhol wrote:
Wrong thinking Rat, its my keyboard of the portable that has
someproblems. I need to buy a new computer... But my budget does
not
permit me now to do more expenses that realy needed. So do you
understand...


I thought Al Qaeda paid better than that?

Double-A

Who??? The Al Qaeda Pie-Rats are seeking for their own distruction...
Now Her Majesty the Queen has a Moorish Light Prince of peace, ather
service , for the holy defense of her highness nations, against those
stupid desert scorpions... Admiral Warhol is back, you know what that
means for that Falls BinLondon, who is seeking to steal my holy seat
for his stupid masters, Rats, frogs, Pigs... well soon he too shall
fall in his own trap... And Remenber that a Sally Templar Warrior,
does
not fight for gold or silver... We fight for our LORD and His Queen...
and we are poor... as must be all good knight's serving the ancients
of
time, the founding Father of the Temple Warriors and their secret
missions true space and time... for a better future for all... but in
meantime the heavens war is not over yett... but the end battle is
near
now... First earth and than the other worlds will follow the Warholian
example... dont forget that I have the Golden belt now... In communion
with God nothing can go wrong or is impossible... a better futureis
waiting us, but inmeantime its time to start to prepare for the FINAL
BATTLE... soon we will hear a loud voice of the Allmighty here inthis
region, infected of wicked vermin. right its time for signs as the
falling rock of TAR, with warholian tears "The PHILLIPE STONE TEARS"..
Nobody that wanted to listen the Warnings I have tried to deliver....
right what does this man known about falling bodys... thats all as
reaction I recieve, while many many lives are at the game. There will
die soon many more than a stupid Binlondon attack. BHelas falling
bodys
out of the sky does not intresse the Media or the security service of
the world. Nobody is thinking that doom is coming soon in their
region.
Things they never have seen before. and in meantime Wolfs will sell us
a story a about that man in the mountains and brings 3 Buildings down
... The only and true Ol Man of the Mountain is ATLAS and nobody els.
he who carries all the sins of the world on his shoulders till this
day. The poor lord is the real forgotten christ... and first lordof
the Moon Temple of Silver and its ARC. OUR Father of All man after
those days of floods and distruction of a low fallen civilisation,
known to us as ATLANTIS. Is she now not gone since 12495 years and
even
Forgotten by humans memory. Well the teachings says he who does not
known his history is doomed to live it again. But this time its with
fire that they shall be baptized. and not with water as gran'da'dy,
did
in ancient times. if you understand what I mean... ha ha ha the good
ol
times before King Georges closed our harbor of the sally's at theholy
Rock of Tar. I HOPE THAT HER MAJESTY SOON SHALL REOPEN THE HOLY HARBOR
AT THE ROCK OF TAR FOR THE MOORISH SAILORS AND THEIR SHIPS.

The Admiral, Warhol.

Another warswine screed-rant. From the Official Descriptions:

Goofy Azzed Babboon:

"This award commemorates Kookistic achievement in the linguistic arts.
Of any language. To be awarded for categorical instances of such
achievement, but if a fully separate category of it is exhibited by
said Kook then they can win it more than once. There is no statuteof
limitations here; one should award net.kooks of the past as well as the
present. Linguistic butchering is, we believe, a demonstrably proven
Kook Art. If the person's inability to use language comes from their
inexperience with it they do not qualify. Kooky language must comefrom
Kooky thought."

"It all fits." -- G=EMC^2 Glazier

I agree, so I nominate warswine for the Goofy Azzed Babboon.

Any seconds?

May the "Curse of Blackbeard" descend upon you like the spotlight onthe
Sheriff's partol car scanning the bushes in the City Park.

Did the aforementioned spotlight pick out you and your latest "date",
johnboi?

In your dreams, Fartman. I'm not "burning with lust" for the same gender,

Which gender are you?

like you are, Fart. But again, I can't stop you from dreaming about me.

Why not? I suggest you get to work right now on a futuristic dream
blocking machine.


Your Pal,


Aww. That's nice!

The lames, they just never end in alt.astronomy.


Baa baa black sheep rhyme

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa Baa Black Sheep rhyme

Baa Baa in Moorish means Father Black'Beard sheep...

a Salé corsair, an encyclopedia article

Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem

About 1575 a child, later christened Jan, was born in the city of
Haarlem, North Holland, the Netherlands. Jan grew up an average Dutch
boy, and when he reached maturity, he married a local girl whose name
is unknown. Lysbeth Van Salee was born to this union in 1596. There
were likely other children.

Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem was Jan's full Dutch name: Jan his given or
Christian name, Jansen his patronymic or patrilineal name, and Van
Haarlem his toponymic surname. Jan was the brief Dutch form for
Johannes, or John in English. Janszoon or Jansen, a patronymic name,
according to Dutch custom, indicated who his father was, literally
Jan's son. Sometimes a person's complete name would consist of only two
names such as Jan Janszoon. Some persons, usually the upper class,
would have an additional name, as we have surnames today. His surname
was toponymic, that is, based on his place or origin. Van Haarlem meant
that he was from the city of Haarlem.

He was destined to become a pirate king on the Barbary Coast in North
Africa. Jan was known in the English speaking world as Captain John,
John Barber and Little John Ward. His Arabic names were Caid Morato,
Morat, Morat Rais, Murad, Murad Reis, Mutare Reis, Morato Reis and
Murat Reis. Reis or rais in Arabic means captain.


About 1600 Jan Janszoon became a merchant seaman, and one of his ports
of call was Cartagena, Murcia, Spain. He married a second wife in
Cartagena. She was probably a Mudejar, a Muslim who belonged to a
family andalucians nobles. Jan had several children by her, one of
which was Anthony Jansen Van Salee.

Anthony Jansen's marriage certificate, dated December 15, 1629, in
Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands, gave him permission to marry
onboard the vessel on the way to New Amsterdam, New Netherland. That
certificate, in the Gemeente Archief in Amsterdam, states that Anthony
Jansen was from Cartagena. I believe he was born there. A possible
reason for being married aboard ship by the captain was that Anthony's
mother in Cartagena was a Muslim, and therefore had raised her child in
that faith.

Anthony Jansen is believed to be the ancestor of the Vanderbilts, the
Whitneys, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Humphrey Bogart.

Abraham Van Salee was born about 1602 and Philip Van Salee about 1604,
both children of Jan's wife in Cartagena.

Jan Janszoon, Privateer

Jan Janszoon sailed from La Rochelle in 1605 with letters of marque to
capture Spanish pirates from Duinkerken, a town on the coast of France
that is also known as Dunkirk and Dunkerque. In 1559 Spain attacked and
conquered it. The port became one of the three main bases of operation
for Spanish privateers in the years 1583-1609 and 1621-1646 during the
80-year War between the Dutch Republic and Spain. From 1609 to 1621 a
truce existed, but the depredations of the privateers, who turned to
piracy, continued unabated.

1607 Anthony Jansen Van Salee was born at Cartagena, Spain in 1607, and
Cornelis Jansen Van Salee the next year. The Moriscos and Mudejares
were expelled from Spain in 1610, and the Jan Janszoon's Cartagena
family certainly moved to Salé, Morocco, as did most of the others.

Jan Janszoon, Pirate King

In 1618 Jan Janszoon was captured at Lancerote, Canary Islands, by the
corsairs, and taken to Algiers, Algeria, where he became a corsair
himself. His base of operations was Algiers. He sailed with Van
Veenboer, aka Sulayman Rais, who quit to shore that same year, and Jan
become rais or captain of Sulayman's ship.

Jan Janszoon did not protect the crews of Dutch ships as De Veenboer
did. Attacking a Spanish ship he flew the Dutch flag, for others he
sailed under the red half moon of the salees.

Algiers made peace with some of the European nations about 1619,
forcing Jan to set up shop in Salé, Morocco. That same year Salé
declared a semi-independent pirate republic and became the home base
for the Sally Rovers. He was elected Admiral of the corsair fleet at
Salé and President of the city. Beginning in 1619 Jan Janszoon built
about 17 fast corsairs.

On a raiding expedition in 1620, a Dutch merchant ship raised the red
flag of no quarter, and bluffed Jan into fleeing for safety.

In 1622 Jan Janszoon is converted to Islam and became a renegado.
Sporting the Moccocan flag and claiming diplomatic immunity, he entered
the port of Veere, Zealand, the Netherlands, for repairs in November.
The Dutch brought his wife and children to the dock to try to convince
him to return home. Doubtless he was already supporting the family. A
number of Dutch seamen join Jan Janszoon's crew, contrary to the wishes
of the Dutch government. Leaving Veere, he attacked several French
ships.

About 1623, Petite Jean Moulay Ziden laid seige to Salé, but failed to
capture it. To save face, Moulay Ziden appointed Jan Janszoon Governor
of Salé. Jan married a third time to a Moorish woman in 1624, the
daughter the Sultan, to cement the friendship. This counted as only two
wives because the first was a Christian. He probably had children from
her as well.

1626 Jan Janszoon captured a Spanish ship in 1626, and docked at Veere,
Zealand, to sell it. The next year he sailed out and moved his base of
operations to Algiers. He led a raiding fleet to Reykjavik, the capital
city of Iceland the following year, and returned toAlgiers with booty
and 400 slaves for sale.

There was again war and famine in Morocco in 1629, and he sent two of
his sons, Abraham and Anthony, to Amsterdam, North Holland, the
Netherlands. Anthony Van Salee married Grietje Reyniers onboard a ship
in transit to New Amsterdam, New Netherland. In 1635 Jan Janszoon
participated in a truce between the Sa'adian Sultan el Walid and Louis
XIII.

The Sack of Baltimore

Jan Janszoon was at the Sack of Baltimore at Cork, Ireland, in 1631,
and returned to Algiers with booty and 108 slaves for sale.

Oh! Some must tug the galley's oar, and some must tend the steed;
This boy will bear a Sheik's chibouk,* and that a Bey's jerreed.*
Oh! Some are in the arsenals, by beauteous Dardanelles;
And some are in the caravan to Mecca's sandy dells.

The maid that Bandon gallant sought is chosen for the Dey:
She's safe - he's dead - she stabbed him in the Midst of his serai;*
And when, to die a death of fire, that noble maid they bore,
She only smiled - O'Driscoll's child - she thought of Baltimore.

From The Sack of Baltimore byThomas Davis
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*A chibouk, or chibouque, is a tobacco pipe with a long stem and a red
clay bowl. A jerreed, or djereed, was a blunt javelin used in military
games in Moorish countries. A serai was a sultan's palace, a seraglio.

He was captured by the Maltese Knights in 1635. Four year later, his
son Anthony Van Salee and wife Grietje Reyniers were expelled from New
Amsterdam, finding refuge on Long Island. The next year, Jan Janszoon
escaped from the Knights of Malta after five years of captivity.

Jan Janszoon Retired

When Jan returned, the Sultan appointed him Governor of Oualidia in
southern Morocco. Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem served as Governor of the
Castle of Maladia, on the west coast of Morocco from 1640-1641.

His daughter Lysbeth Van Haarlem and her husband visit Jan during those
years at the castle. 1641 was the last year of record for Jan, and he
must have died soon after. His body lies in an unmarked grave,
according to Moorish custom.

Background.... the Sa'adian Dynasty 1549-1659. During this dynasty, Jan
Janszoon was born. He was to become involved in Sa'adian politics and
trade.

The Privateer

A privateer was either a commander or a member of the crew of an armed
vessel commissioned by a government with letters of marque. Letters of
marque were given to a private person to fit out an armed ship and use
it to attack, capture and plunder enemy merchant ships or war vessels
in time of war. Captured ships had to be brought before an admiralty
court to ensure they were a legal prize.

The Corsair

A corsair was a pirate who cruised the ocean with an armed vessel,
without a commission from any sovereign state, seizing and plundering
merchant vessels or making booty on land. A corsair was also a
piratical vessel, sometimes a privateer.

The Rais

A rais, or reis, was a king or captain who commanded Barbary pirate
cruisers and ruled an African state.

The Renegado

A renegado was one of the most hated of the raises. They were Europeans
who had become leaders of the Turks. From renegado came the terms
renegade, a turncoat, and renege, to go back on one's word. Such a
person was a former Christian who became a pirate, converted to Islam
and preyed on European cargo ships from bases on the North African
coast.

Salé, Morocco

Salé was an independent corsair republic, across a small river from
Rabat, Morocco. Salé has also been called Salli, Salee Sallee and
Sally. Roving pirates from Salé were called the Sally Rovers by the
British. There were several British sea shanties about the Rover's
fearsome ways.

The Sa'adian Dynasty
Sultans of Morocco

1. Abu Abdallah Mohammed II el Mehdi 1540-1557
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2. Abu Mohammed Abdullah I el Ghalib | |
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3. Abu Abdallah Mohammed III el Mutawakkil 1574-1576 | |
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4. Abu Merwan Abd el Melik I el Ghazi 1576-1578 |
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5. Abul Abbas Ahmed II el Mansur 1578-1603
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6. Zidan el Nasir 1603-1628 Marrakech |
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| 7. Mohammed IV el Mamoum 1610-1613 Fès
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| 8. Abdullah II 1613-1624 Fès
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9. Abu Merwan Abd el Melik II 1623-1631 Marrakech | |
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| 10. Abd el Melik III 1624-1626 Fès
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11. El Walid 1631-1636 Marrakech |
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12. Mohammed V el Asghar 1636-1654
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13. Ahmed III el Abbas 1654-1659

Dutch-Moroccan Timeline

1549 the Sa'adian dynasty assumes rule in Morocco
1574-1576 Sultan Abu Abdallah Mohammed III el Mutawakkil accedes
1575 Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem born
1576-1578 Sultan Abu Merwan Abd el Melik I el Ghazi accedes
1578-1603 Marrakech and Fès, Sultan Abul Abbas Ahmed el Mansur accedes
1595 aboutt, Jan Janszoon marries a Dutch wife
1596 Lysbeth Van Salee is born
1600 about, Jan Janszoon becomes a merchant seaman
1602 Abraham Van Salee is born
1603-1628 Marrakech, Sultan Ziden en Nasir accedes
1604 Philip Van Salee is born
1605 Jan Janszoon is a privateer and sailed from La Rochelle
1605 Jan Janszoon sails with letters of marque to capture pirates from
Duinkerken
1607 Anthony Jansen Van Salee is born at Cartagena, Spain
1608 Cornelis Jansen Van Salee is born
1610-1613 Fès, Sultan Mohammed IV el Mamoum accedes
1610 The Moriscos are expelled from Spain
1610 The Moriscos flee to Salé, Morocco
1613-1624 Fès, Sultan Abdullah II accedes
1618 Jan Janszoon captured at Lancerote, Canary Islands
1618 Jan Janszoon is taken to Algiers, Algeria
1618 Jan Janszoon becomes a corsair based in Algiers
1618 Jan Janszoon sails with Van Veenboer, aka Sulayman Rais
1618 Sulayman Rais temporarily quits to shore
1618 Jan Janszoon becomes rais or captain of Sulayman's ship
1619 about, Algiers makes peace with some of the European nations
1619 Jan Janszoon sets up shop in Salé, Morocco
1619 Salé, Morocco, declared a semi-independent pirate republic
1619 Salé, Morocco becomes the home base for the Sally Rovers
1619 Jan Janszoon elected Admiral of the corsair fleet at Salé
1619 Jan Janszoon is elected the President of Salé
1619 Jan Janszoon builds about 17 fast corsairs
1620 Dutch merchant ship raises red flag of no quarter, bluffs Jan
Janszen
1622 Jan Janszoon is converted to Islam
1622 Jan Janszoon becomes a renegado
1622 Jan Janszoon enters the port of Veere, Zealand, Neth., for repairs
1622 November, Jan Janszoon's wife and children paraded at Veere,
Holland
1622 a number of Dutch seamen join Jan Janszoon's crew
1622 Jan Janszoon attacks several French ships
1623-1631 Marrakech, Sultan Abu Merwan Abd Melik II accedes
1623 about, the Sultan lays seige to Salé, Morocco, but fails to
capture it
1624 Sultan Moulay Ziden appoints Jan Janszoon Governor of Salé
1624 Jan Janszoon marries a third time to a Moorish woman
1624-1626 Fès, Sultan Abd el Melik III accedes
1626 Jan Janszoon captures Spanish ship
1626 Jan Janszoon docks at Veere, Holland, to sell the Spanish ship
1627 Jan Janszoon sails from Veere
1627 Jan Janszoon moves operations to Algiers
1627 Jan Janszoon raided Reykjavik, capital city of Iceland
1627 Jan Janszoon returns to Algiers with booty and slaves for sale
1629 There is a famine in Morocco
1629 Jan Janszoon sends his sons Abraham and Anthony to Amsterdam,
Holland
1629 Sultan Moulay el Malek is assassinated
1629 Anthony Van Salee marries Grietje Reyniers
1631 the Alawi dynasty assumes rule in Morocco
1631 Jan Janszoon participates in truce beteen Sultan el Walid and
Louis XIII
1631-1635 Sultan Ibn es Cherif accedes
1631-1636 Marrakech, Sultan el Walid accedes
1631 Jan Janszoon leads the Sack of Baltimore, Cork, Ireland
1631 Jan Janszoon returns to Algiers with booty and 200 slaves for sale
1635-1664 Sultan Mohammed II accedes
1635 Jan Janszoon is captured by the Maltese Knights
1636-1654 Marrakech, Sultan Mohammed V el Asghar accedes
1639 Anthony Van Salee and Grietje Reyniers expelled from N. A.
1640 Jan Janszoon escapes from the Knights of Malta after captivity
1640 Jan Janszoon is appointed Governor of Oualidia in southern Morocco
1640-1641 Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem is Gov. of Castle Maladia, west
coast
1640 Lysbeth Van Haarlem and husband visit Jan Janszoon at Maladia
1641 after, Jan Janszoon dies, the leas year of record

The Barbary Pirates
an encyclopedia article

Barbary Pirates. The coast population of northern Africa has in past
ages been addicted to piratical attacks on the shores of Europe
opposite. Throughout the decline of the Roman empire, the barbarian
invasions, the Mohommedan conquest and the middle ages, mere piracy
always existed by the side of the great strife of peoples and
religions. In the course of the 14th century, when the native Berber
dynasties were in decadence, piracy became particularly flagrant. The
town of Bougie† was then the most notorious haunt of these skimmers
of the sea. But the savage robber powers which, to the disgrace of
Europe, infested the commerce and the coasts, not only of the
Mediterranean but even for a time of the ocean; who were not finally
suppressed till the 19th century was well advanced; and who are
properly known as the Barbary pirates, arose in the 16th century,
attained their greatest height in the 17th, declined gradually
throughout the 18th and were extinguished about 1830. Isolated cases of
piracy have occurred on the Rif coast of Morocco even in our time, but
the pirate communities which lived by plunder and could live by no
other resource, vanished with the French conquest of Algiers in 1830.
They are intimately connected with the general history of northern
Africa from about 1492 to their end.
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† Bejaïa (formerly Bougie) A port on the Mediterranean coast of
north-east Algeria; pop. (1989) 124,000. Capital of the Vandals in the
5th century, the city was rebuilt by the Berbers in the 11th century
and was an important cultural and commercial centre. It later became a
stronghold of the Barbary pirates and in the 20th century developed as
a seaport trading in oil, minerals, grain, and fruit.

In dealing with the pirates, it will be sufficient to note a few
leading dates. The conquest of Granada in 1492 by the Catholic
sovereigns of Spain drove the Moors into exile. They revenged
themselves by piratical attacks on the Spanish coast. They had the help
of Moslem adventurers from the Levant, of whom the most successful were
Arouj and his brother Khair-ed-Din,†† natives of Mitylene, both of
whom were known to the Christians by the nickname of Barbarossa or
"Redbeard." Spain began to conquer the coast towns of Oran, Algiers and
Tunis. Arouj having fallen in battle with the Spaniards in 1518, his
brother Khair-ed-Din appealed to Selim, the sultan, who sent him
troops. He drove the Spaniards in 1529 from the rocky island in front
of Algiers, where they had a fort, and was the founder of the Turkish
power. From about 1518 till the death of Uluch Ali in 1587, Algiers was
the main seat of government of the beylerbeys of northern Africa, who
ruled over Tripoli, Tunisia and Algeria. From 1587 till 1659, they were
ruled by Turkish pashas, sent from Constantinople to govern for three
years; but in the latter year a military revolt in Algiers reduced the
pashas to nonentities. From 1659 onwards, these African cities, though
nominally forming parts of the Turkish empire, were in fact anarchical
military republics which chose their own rulers and lived by plunder.
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†† Barbarossa or "Redbeard" (c. 1465 - 1546) Raised on Lesbos, he
moved to Djerba with his three brothers when their father died.
Scorning both the weakness of the Muslim rulers and the presence of
Iberian invaders in North Africa, the brothers undertook a campaign of
brutal piracy. They formed a principality on Djidjelli, but Spain
captured their land in 1518. Barbarossa, now the head of the family,
was saved from annihilation by the sultan of Turkey, and for the rest
of his life he worked for the sultan. He conquered Tunis for the
Ottomans (1534) and permanently loosened Spain's grip on North Africa.

It may be pointed out that during the first period (1518-1587) the
beylerbeys were admirals of the sultan, commanding great fleets and
conducting serious operations of war for political ends. They were
slave-hunters and their methods were ferocious, but their Christian
enemies were neither more humane nor more chivalrous. After 1587,
plunder became the sole object of their successors- plunder of the
native tribes on land and of all who went upon the sea. The maritime
side of this long-lived brigandage was conducted by the captains, or
reises, who formed a class or even a corporation. Cruisers were fitted
out by capitalists and commanded by the reises. Ten per cent of the
value of the prizes was paid to the treasury of the pasha or his
successors, who bore the titles of Agha or Dey or Bey. Bougie was the
chief shipbuilding port and the timber was mainly drawn from the
country behind it. Until the 17th century the pirates used galleys, but
a Flemish renegade of the name of Simon Danser taught them the
advantage of using sailing ships. In this century, indeed, the main
strength of the pirates was supplied by renegades from all parts of
Christendom. An English gentleman of the distinguished Buckinghamshire
family of Verney was for a time among them at Algiers. This port was so
much the most formidable that the name of Algerine came to be used as
synonymous with Barbary pirate, but the same trade was carried on,
though with less energy, from Tripoli and Tunis, as also from towns in
the empire of Morocco, of which the most notorious was Salli. The
introduction of sailing ships gave increased scope to the activity of
the pirates. While the galleys, being unfit for the high seas, were
confined to the Mediterranean and the coast, the sailing vessels ranged
into the Atlantic as far as the Canaries or even to Iceland. In 1631 a
Flemish renegade, known as Murad Reis,††† sacked Baltimore in
Ireland. and carried away a number of captives who were seen in the
slave-market of Algiers by the French historian Pierre Dan.(Pierre is a
Liar)
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††† Murad Reis: This is an earlier pirate. Murad was a fairly
common Arabic name.

The first half of the 17th century may be described as the flowering
time of the Barbary pirates. More than 20,000 captives were said to be
imprisoned in Mekness alone. The rich were allowed to redeem
themselves, but the poor were condemned to slavery. Their masters would
not in many cases allow them to secure freedom by professing
Mahommedanism. A long list might be given of people of good social
position, not only Italians or Spaniards, but German or English
travelers in the south, who were captives for a time. The chief
sufferers were the inhabitants of the coasts of Sicily, Naples and
Spain. But all traders belonging to nations which did not pay blackmail
in order to secure immunity were liable to be taken at sea. The payment
of blackmail, disguised as presents or ransoms, did not always secure
safety with these faithless barbarians. The most powerful states in
Europe condescended to make payments to them and to tolerate their
insults. Religious orders- the Redemptionists and Lazarites- were
engaged in working for the redemption of captives and large legacies
were left for that purpose in many countries. The continued existence
of this African piracy was indeed a disgrace to Europe, for it was due
to the jealousies of the powers themselves. France encouraged them
during her rivalry with Spain; and when, she had no further need of
them they were supported against her by Great Britain and Holland. In
the 18th century British public men were not ashamed to say that
Barbary piracy was a useful check on the competition of the weaker
Mediterranean nations in the carrying trade. When Lord Exmouth sailed
to coerce Algiers in 1816, he expressed doubts in a private letter
whether the suppression of piracy would be acceptable to the trading
community. Every power was, indeed, desirous to secure immunity for
itself and more or less ready to compel Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Salé
and the rest to respect its trade and its subjects. In 1655 the British
admiral, Robert Blake, was sent to teach them a lesson, and he gave the
Tunisians a severe heating. A long series of expeditions was undertaken
by the British fleet during the reign of Charles II, sometimes
single-handed, sometimes in combination with the Dutch. In 1682 and
1683 the French bombarded Algiers. On the second occasion the Algerines
blew the French consul from a gun during the action. An extensive list
of such punitive expeditions could be made out, down to the American
operations of 1801-5 and 1815. But in no case was the attack pushed
home, and it rarely happened that the aggrieved Christian state refused
in the end to make a money payment in order to secure peace. The
frequent wars among them gave the pirates numerous opportunities of
breaking their engagements, of which they never failed to take
advantage.

After the general pacification of 1815, the suppression of African
piracy was universally felt to be a necessity. The insolence of a
Tunisian squadron which sacked Palma in the island of Sardinia and
carried off 158 of its inhabitants, roused widespread indignation.
Other influences were at work to bring about their extinction. Great
Britain had acquired Malta and the Ionian Islands and had now many
Mediterranean subjects. She was also engaged in pressing the other
European powers to join with her in the suppression of the slave trade
which the Barbary states practised on a large scale and at the expense
of Europe. The suppression of the trade was one of the objects of the
congress of. Vienna. Great Britain was called on to act for Europe, and
in 1816 Lord Exmouth was sent to obtain treaties from Tunis and
Algiers. His first visit produced diplomatic documents and promises and
he sailed for England. While he was negotiating, a number of British
subjects had been brutally ill-treated at Bona, without his knowledge.
The British government sent him back to secure reparation, and on the
27th of August, in combination with a Dutch squadron under Admiral Van
de Capellen, he administered a smashing bombardment to Algiers. The
lesson terrified the pirates both of that city and of Tunis into'
giving up over 3000 prisoners and making fresh promises. But they were
not reformed and were not capable of reformation. Algiers renewed its
piracies and slave-taking, though on a smaller scale, and the measures
to be taken with it were discussed at the conference or congress of
Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818. In 1824 another British fleet under Admiral
Sir Hairy Neal had again to bombard Algiers. The great pirate city was
not in fact thoroughly tamed till its conquest by frogs in 1830.
_____
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911.

Ps Jans Zoon was a true temple warrior... Greetings to those Great
Salee Sailors whomes History is still unknown till this day... The
Heroes of internity

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Now I wonder what an astute reader of my post
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Yes, that is precisely what the astute reader of your gobble will fine
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On 22 Apr 2006 06:50:50 -0700, "Warhol" wrote in
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Now I wonder what an astute reader of my post
might find in the We have real thick fog here on the coast at times.

Yes, that is precisely what the astute reader of your gobble will fine
in your gobble-posts: "real thick fog".

The source of the "real thick fog" is plainly evident.

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