Name of Object:

Letter from the Dey of Algiers, Muhammad Pasha, to Ferdinando IV of Bourbon, King of Naples, granting a two-month truce from corsairs’ attacks (in Arabic with Italian translation)

Location:

Naples, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Naples

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Napoli

Date of Object:

Algiers, 12 March 1787

Description:

The Dey of Algiers wrote that he graciously granted to the King of Naples a two-month truce (for April and May of 1787). If his corsairs met ships belonging to the Kingdom of Naples, they would not attack them. The two nations would treat each other “with mutual friendship”.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

AS NA, Ministero degli affari esteri, 4212

Citation of this web page:

Rossana Spadaccini "Letter from the Dey of Algiers, Muhammad Pasha, to Ferdinando IV of Bourbon, King of Naples, granting a two-month truce from corsairs’ attacks (in Arabic with Italian translation)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;38;en

Prepared by: Rossana Spadaccini
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 038