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{{Infobox pirate
| honorific_prefix = Sayyid
| name = Ahmed Ibn Ali Hussein
| honorific_suffix = Reis 
| birth_date = August the 3rd 1595.
| birth_place = Benghazi (then part of the Emirate of [[Saranidia]]
| death_date = December the 3rd 1630
| death_place = Al-Yunus, coast of Spain.
| death_cause = drowning
| body_discovered = January the 8th 1631
| resting_place = Corsairs’ Mausoleum, Benghazi 
| monuments = a statue in National Martyrs’ Park,Kallipolis, Saranidia
| residence = Benghazi port, Saranidia
| nationality = Al-Saranidi
| citizenship = Ottoman (nominally), Al-Saranidi.
| education = primary education and naval officer training.
| alma_mater = Salah Ha Deen Makhtab, Benghazi
| occupation = midshipman (1609-1613), naval officer (1913-1615), Corsair (1615-1630)
| years_active = 1615-1630
| era = early modern
| employer = Al-Saranidi Navy (1609-1615), himself (1615-1630)
| organization = Al-Saranidi Navy (1609-1615), Al-Yunus(his ship, 1615-1630)
| known_for = Al-Saranidi Corsair 
| style = Sayyid
| home_town = Benghazi
| net_worth = £5 million (in today’s money)
| title = Sayyid   
| successor = [[Khalid Ibn Ahmed Hussein (Corsair)|Khalid Ibn Ahmed Hussein]]
| movement = Islamic imperialist
| opponents = Spanish Empire 
| criminal_charge = manslaughter
| criminal_penalty = payment of diyya 
| criminal_status = sentence served
| spouses = Aisha Maryam Hussein and Fatima Khadija Hussein
| children = Khalid Ibn Ahmed Hussein, Aisha Bint Ahmed Hussein, Muhammad Ibn Ahmed Hussein
| parents = Ali Hussein and Maria Hussein 
| nickname = Al-Mirza (literally: “the Prince”
| alias = none
| type = Corsair
| allegiance = Emirate of Saranidia
| serviceyears = 1615-1630)
| base of operations = Benghazi
| rank = Reis
| commands = Al-Yunus
| battles = various unnamed battles
| wealth = £5 million (in today’s money)
| laterwork = none (he died as a Corsair)


}}
Ahmed Ibn Ali Hussein, often called Ahmed Ali Hussein was an Al-Saranidi privateer, nobleman and naval officer during the Early Modern period.
Ahmed Ibn Ali Hussein, often called Ahmed Ali Hussein was an Al-Saranidi privateer, nobleman and naval officer during the Early Modern period.


Revision as of 21:41, 31 October 2020

Ahmed Ibn Ali Hussein, often called Ahmed Ali Hussein was an Al-Saranidi privateer, nobleman and naval officer during the Early Modern period.

Early life

Born in 1595 was the son of Ahmed Ali Hussein and his Christian wife Maria Hussein.

Controversy

In Saranidia he is largely regarded as a national hero, Islamic hero and war hero. However, there is some controversy about him as he was known to have sold slaves and allegedly captured a Spanish woman called Valeria as a concubine.

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