Regency of Algiers

State · 1706–1845 CE · at its largest around 1792 CE

A largely autonomous state on the Barbary Coast under nominal Ottoman sovereignty, ruled by deys and known for its corsair fleet; the French conquest beginning in 1830 ended it.

On its lands while it lasted

Emir Abdelkader (1808 CE – 1883 CE): An Algerian religious and military leader who led resistance to the French conquest from 1832 until his surrender in 1847.
French invasion of Algiers (1830 CE): France captured Algiers from the Ottoman regency, beginning a colonial conquest of Algeria that met decades of resistance.