In 1529 this red-bearded corsair captured Algiers & made it a stronghold of piracy on the Mediterranean
Together they would be known as the Barbarossa ('red beard') brothers and they
... [DOC] [TLE] Kingdoms of North Africa - Algeria - The History Files [PAR] North-eastern Algeria was temporarily a stronghold of the Vandali in the fifth and 
.... Barbary Corsair Aruj al-Din Barbarossa captures the majority of Zayyanid .... 
latter meaning 'red beard'), retreats to Jijelli and increases his privateering.