Type Corsair Years active 1795 - 1815 | Rank Captain, then Admiral Name Rais Hamidou | |
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Born 1773 Boumerdes, Ottoman Algeria Died 1815
Cape Gata, Near of Spain Nickname Amir el bihar (leader of the seas) Allegiance Regency of Algiers, Ottoman Empire | ||
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Rais Hamidou or Hamidu, also called Hammida or Amidon (in the American literature) (1773–1815) was a famous Algerine corsair. He captured many ships during his career and was known for his gallantry and chivalry. Hamidou died in the Battle off Cape Gata against an American squadron commanded by Stephen Decatur in 1815. The commune of Raïs Hamidou in Algiers, is named after him.
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