Ahmed Ali Hussein (Corsair)

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

{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Sayyid | name = Ahmed Ibn Ali Hussein | honorific_suffix = Reis, Beylerbey | birth_place = Benghazi, Emirate of Saranidia | monuments = A statue in National Heroes’Park, Kallipolis, Saranidia | residence = Benghazi, Saranidia | nationality = Al-Saranidi | citizenship = Ottoman (nominally), Al-Saranidi | education = primary education and naval officer training | alma_mater = Salah Ha Deen Makhtab and Al-Faris (ship) | occupation = midshipman (1609-1612), naval officer (1612-1615), Corsair (1615-1630) | era = early modern | employer = Al-Saranidi Navy (1609-1615), himself (1615-1630) | organization = Al-Saranidi Navy (1609-1615) | known_for = Barbary Corsair | style = Sayyid | home_town = Benghazi

| title = Sayyid | successor = Khalid Ibn Ahmed Hussein | movement = Islamic imperialism | opponents = Spanish Empire | boards = | spouse = Aisha Hussein, Maryam Hussein, Khadija Hussein | partner = Valeria (allegedly) | children = Khalid Ibn Ahmed Hussein, Suleiman Ibn Ahmed Hussein and Fatima Bint Ahmed Hussein | parents = Sayyid Ali Hussein and Sayyida Fatima Hussein

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Piratical career

Early life

Born in 1595 was the son of Ahmed Ali Hussein (a Sayyid and judge) 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.