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The Barbary Pirates
15th–17th Centuries
ANGUS KONSTAM
ILLUSTRATED BY GERRY EMBLETON
Author
Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the
author of over 80 books, 60 of which are published by
Osprey. This acclaimed and widely published author has
written several books on piracy, including
The History of
Pirates,
and
Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate.
A
former naval officer and museum professional, he worked
as the Curator of Weapons at the Tower of London and as
the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in
Key West, Florida. He now works as a full-time author and
historian, and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Illustrator
Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher
of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and
written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects for more
than 40 years. He is an internationally respected authority
on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular. He lives
in Switzerland, where since 1988 he has also become well
known for designing and creating life-size historical figures
for museums.
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Elite • 213
The Barbary Pirates
15th–17th Centuries
ANGUS KONSTAM
ILLUSTRATED BY GERRY EMBLETON 
Series editor Martin Windrow
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author wishes to record his gratitude to Dr David Nicolle and to Gerry
Embleton for their generous assistance with illustration research. Similarly,
his thanks go to galley warfare ‘practitioner’ Thomas Foss, who helped
rekindle his enthusiasm for this subject and period. 
ARTIST’S NOTE
Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour
plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. All
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Nomenclature: ‘pirates’, ‘privateers’ and ‘corsairs’
n
4
Privateers and ports
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Arab conquests
n
8
The Hafsid and Marinid dynasties, 13th–15th centuries
THE FIRST CORSAIRS
The Ottomans
n
10
The brothers Barbarossa
Kemal Reis
n
CHRONOLOGY, 1450–1660
THE BARBARY COAST
THE BARBARY STATES
Morocco
n
15
22
24
Algiers
n
Tunis
n
Tripoli
THE SHIPS
The galiot
n
The galley
n
The
fusta
and
barca longa
The
felucca
and
tartan
n
‘Roundships’
n
32
The
xebec
n
The
polacca
THE PIRATES
40
Chain of command in the Ottoman regencies
n
The captains
n
Dual command
Division of the spoils
n
The crews: officers
n
Nationalities
n
European renegades
Galley slaves
n
Janissaries
TECHNIQUES & TACTICS
Limitations
n
55
n
Hunting-grounds and prey
Battle tactics
FURTHER READING
INDEX
63
64

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