{{short description|Ruler of Algiers (d. 1682)}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|date=August 2022|Mohamed Trik}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Muhammad Trik | title = Dey of Algiers | image = Dey d'Alger.jpg | caption = The French captain of frigate, Pierre Porcon de La Barbinais, taken prisoner by the dey Mohammed Trik. | succession = Admiral of Algiers | reign = 1621–1671 | successor = Hussein Mezzomorto | succession1 = 1st Dey of Algiers | reign1 = 1671–1682 | successor1 = Baba Hassan | birth_name = Muhammad ben Mahmûd Trîk | birth_date = late 16th century | birth_place = {{flagicon image|Flag of Algiers.jpg}} Algiers | death_date = 1682 | death_place = {{flagicon image|Maritime flag of Regency of Tripoli (18th century).svg}} Tripoli | native_lang1 = Arabic | native_lang1_name1 = محمد بن محمود تريك | module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes | battles = Anglo-Algerian War (1677–1682)}} | religion = Sunni Islam }}
'''Muhammad Trik''' was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled eleven years as the first Dey of the State of Algiers.
== Rule == He reduced Ottoman authority to a ceremonial role, and ousted the Janissary aghas with the help of the Raises.{{sfn|Kaddache|2011|p=415-416}}
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".<ref>Bekkaoui, Khalid., White women captives in North Africa. Narratives of enslavement, 1735-1830, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2010, p. 172</ref>
In 1677, he declared war against England and attacked English shipping.
== See also ==
* List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers
== References == {{reflist}}
===Sources=== * {{cite book |first=Mahfoud |last=Kaddache |author-link=Mahfoud Kaddache |title=L'Algérie des Algériens |publisher=Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion |location=Alger |year=2011 |isbn=978-9961-9-6621-1}} * {{Cite book |last=Merouche |first=Lemnouar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeNPDwAAQBAJ |title=Recherches sur l'Algérie à l'époque ottomane II.: La course, mythes et réalité |date=2007-10-15 |publisher=Editions Bouchène |isbn=978-2-35676-055-5 |language=fr}}
{{Regency of Algiers topics}} Category:Deys of Algiers Category:Slave owners from the Ottoman Empire Category:African slave owners Category:Year of birth missing Category:1682 deaths
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