In 1529 this red-bearded corsair captured Algiers & made it a stronghold of piracy on the Mediterranean
... 
from Algiers and other seaside bases, the Barbary pirates (known as corsairs) ... 
he could not abide: a Jewish pirate had conquered Tunis, his last stronghold in ... 
the Red Sea, and the eastern Mediterranean, had established a presence in the
... [DOC] [TLE]   "The Arabs: A History"  Rogan Eugene ... [PAR] To the Spanish he was a ruthless pirate, the scourge of their Mediterranean 
shipping, who sold thousands of Christian sailors captured in battle ... Their bold 
attacks against the Spanish made the corsairs local heroes and ... Khayr al-Din's 
forces had taken the Spanish fortress in the Bay of Algiers after a short siege in 
1529.