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This study examines the nature of the military confrontations between the Regency of Algiers and Portugal in the modern era during the period between 1500 and 1785, which occurred as a result of the political changes that the two countries have experienced since the end of the fifteenth century, and the developments that occurred in the western Mediterranean region later. The aim of these papers is to examine one of the forms of relations between the two countries that was a reflection of the unstable situation in the region that the Regncy also experienced with Spain beginning in 1505. The state of tension between the two countries took several forms. The first was based on the geographical proximity between them, which made the latter seek to expand towards the Islamic Maghreb region, including the algerian western coasts, Mers-el-Kébir and Oran in the late 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. The second case occurred at the beginning of the 17th century, represented by the naval confrontations that took place between the Algerian and Portuguese naval forces on the Portuguese coast and in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and continued until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The third picture represents Portugal's alliance with Spain during Antonio Barcelo's second campaign against Algiers in 1784, which failed to achieve its objective. As for the most important results, it was the length of the conflict between the two countries, which began in the year 1415 until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The state of peace and the conclusion of treaties came much later until the year 1785, when negotiations began, after which the first truce agreement was concluded between the two countries in the year 1793, and then it was followed by a contract. A truce agreement to liberate prisoners in 1810, and a peace and friendship treaty in 1813.
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