[DOC] [TLE] First Barbary War - Wikipedia [PAR] Three of these were nominal provinces of the Ottoman Empire, but in practice 
autonomous: Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis. The fourth was the independent 
Sultanate... [DOC] [TLE] Barbary pirates - Wikipedia [PAR] The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Sal, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the name of its Berber inhabitants. [DOC] [TLE] Barbary Wars - Wikipedia [PAR] The Barbary Wars were two wars fought at different times over the same reasons 
between the ... At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand for tribute from 
American merchant ... These were Tripoli and Algiers, which were quasi-
independent entities ... of Tripoli, Tunis, and Algeria known collectively as the 
Barbary states. [DOC] [TLE] The First Barbary War | Thomas Jefferson's Monticello [PAR] Tribute or war is the usual alternative of these pirates. ... navy kept those from 
Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli in the Mediterranean. ... Treaties were also concluded 
with Tripoli, in 1796, and Tunis in 1797. .... Lear was also to take over 
negotiations with the pasha in Tripoli with instructions based on Cathcart's 
revised guidance,... [DOC] [TLE] Barbary Wars, 18011805 and 18151816 - Office of the Historian [PAR] The Barbary States were a collection of North African states, many of which 
practiced state-supported piracy in order to exact tribute from weaker Atlantic 
powers. Morocco was an independent kingdom, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli owed 
a loose ... Under the terms of these treaties, the United States agreed to pay 
tribute to... [DOC] [TLE] The Barbary Wars - Boundless [PAR] At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand for tribute from American merchant 
vessels ... These included Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers, which were quasi-
independent ... ships in the Mediterranean, extorting ransom for the lives of 
captured sailors... [DOC] [TLE] Chain email about the Barbary pirates and Islam | PolitiFact [PAR] At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of the ... 
These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, 
Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers  collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast and ... 
Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the 
Laws of... [DOC] [TLE] BRIA 18 1 a The United States and the Barbary Pirates ... [PAR] They included Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Named after the Berbers, one 
of North Africa's native peoples, the Barbary States were little pirate kingdoms... [DOC] [TLE] Avast! How the US Built a Navy, Sent In the Marines, and Faced ... [PAR] These were the Barbary Pirates, against whom the United States fought its first ... 
The inconclusive dickering set off a great debate in the United States about what 
.... seized by Algiers, followed by similar actions on the part of Tunis and Tripoli. [DOC] [TLE] The Mediterranean Corsairs | Maltese History & Heritage [PAR] These were slave galleys of the Barbary states  semi-autonomous city states 
on the North ... Christian forces based in Malta also sponsored piracy in actions 
that precisely .... The most important conquests were Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. [DOC] [TLE] The U.S. Wages War Against The Barbary - World History International [PAR] The United States chose to fight the pirates of Barbary, rather than pay tribute, as 
did ... These ports were under the nominal control of the Ottoman Empire, but 
their real ... Ransom rates were officially set for those Americans already in 
Barbary ... Adam's acquiescence to Algiers prompted Tunis and Tripoli to 
demand and be... [DOC] [TLE] Piracy From 1700 [PAR] Later, these renegades would prove to have a strong affect on maritime 
production. ... Tunis, Tripoli and Algiers, however, prove to be the most dominant 
in their role ... Barbary Coast, the main ports of commerce were located in the 
regencies,... [DOC] [TLE] Barbary Pirates  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 [PAR] Jun 27, 2013 ... An article of some length on Arab piracy in

Question: These Mediterranean pirates were based in Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
Answer: the Barbary pirates