Barbary Coast

The Barbary Coast was the term used to describe the area of coastal regions of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The name was derived from the Berber people of North Africa.

The Barbary pirates, also known as the Ottoman corsairs, were known to operate out of the Barbary Coast up until the early 19th Century. The Pirate Lord Ammand the Corsair was presumably a member, or possible leader, of this group. He was wanted dead or alive by the East India Trading Company for crimes including piracy along the Barbary Coast.