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Saturday 16 November 2013

The navies of the Barbary States, Greece and Turkey in the Levant according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 23 July 1821

Hamburg, 17 July. The Barbary States were ordered by the Porte to fit out all warships they possessed and these to the Archipelago. The Dey of Tunis however refused this order. The pasha of Egypt was also ordered to provide the ships with landing troops.