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Ottoman Period
Salah Rais
Ottoman period
Warriors & ResistanceMid-16th centuryAlgiers
He died of plague in 1556, just before launching another major campaign.
Historical significance
He extended the Regency of Algiers's reach from the Mediterranean coast deep into the Sahara.
Their story
Beylerbey of Algiers in the 1550s, Salah Rais combined naval campaigns at sea with overland expeditions deep into the Sahara. He took Bejaia from the Spanish, intervened in Morocco and pushed Algerian power as far as Touat and the Tuareg routes.
Did you know?
He died of plague in 1556, just before launching another major campaign.