# Muhammad Trik

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**Muhammad Trik** was the 7th ruler and [Dey](/source/Dey) [of Algiers](/source/Regency_of_Algiers). He ruled eleven years as the first [Dey](/source/Dey) of the [State of Algiers](/source/Regency_of_Algiers).

## Rule

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](/source/Anglo-Algerian_War_(1677-1682)) against England and attacked English shipping.

## See also

- [List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers](/source/List_of_governors_and_rulers_of_the_Regency_of_Algiers)

## References

1. Kaddache 2011, pp. 415–416.

1. 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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xeNPDwAAQBAJ) (in French). Editions Bouchène. ISBN 978-2-35676-055-5.

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