William Spencer notes: "For three centuries, Algerine foreign relations were conducted in such a manner as to preserve and advance the state's interests in total indifference to the actions of its adversaries, and to enhance Ottoman interests in the process. Algerine foreign policy was flexible, imaginative, and subtle; it blended an absolute conviction of naval superiority and belief in the permanence of the state as a vital cog in the political community of Islam, with a profound understanding of the fears, ambitions, and rivalries of Christian Europe." (Spencer (1976) pp. xi) Spencer, William (1976). Algiers in the Age of the Corsairs. Centers of civilization series. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN978-0-8061-1334-0. OCLC1958266.
William Spencer writes: "Algiers' status in the Mediterranean world was merited by its contributions as well as the exploits of the corsairs. Through the medium of Regency government, Ottoman institutions brought stability to North Africa. The flow of Anatolian recruits and the attachment to the Porte introduced many elements of the eclectic Ottoman civilization into the western Mediterranean. Corsair campaigns produced a fusion of Ottoman with native Maghribi and European styles, social patterns, architecture, crafts, and the like. A regular system of revenue collection, an efficient subsistence agriculture, and a well-established legitimate commerce along with corsair profits brought to the Regency a high standard of living. Its lands, while they never corresponded to the total territory conquered by France and incorporated into French Algeria, were homogeneous, well managed, and formed of an effective and collaborating social mixture the exact opposite of the situation which prevailed during the one hundred and thirty years of French control." (Spencer (1976) pp. xi-xii) Spencer, William (1976). Algiers in the Age of the Corsairs. Centers of civilization series. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN978-0-8061-1334-0. OCLC1958266.
Cathcart & Newkirk 1899, p. 94 Cathcart, James L. (James Leander); Newkirk, Jane Bancker Cathcart (1899). The captives. University of California Libraries. La Porte, Ind. : Herald Print. OCLC607384966.
Brosch 1905, p. 109. Brosch, Moritz (1905). "The Height of the Ottoman Power". In Ward, A. W.; Prothero, G. W.; Leathes, Stanley (eds.). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. III (The wars of religion). Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Rinehart 1985, p. 27. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.
Rinehart 1985, p. 24. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.
Rinehart 1985, p. 30. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.
De Haëdo 2004, p. 161. De Haëdo, Diégo (2004) [1881]. Histoire des rois d'Alger [History of the Kings of Algiers]. Histoire du Maghreb (in French). Translated by H.D. de Grammont. Algiers: éditions Grand-Alger-Livres. OCLC1153443423.
According to Merouche "It is first of all a new state integrated into a large empire, an "Imperial state", having at the same time all the attributes of a state in the sense of that time but which moreover constituted a largely autonomous province within the Ottoman Empire. The evolution of the status of the province towards a de-facto independence does not change the fundamentally Ottoman character of the state".(Merouche (2002) p. 10) Merouche, Lemnouar (2002). Recherches sur l'Algérie à l'époque ottomane I: Monnaies, prix et revenus 1520-1830 [Research on Algeria in the Ottoman period I: Coins, prices and income 1520-1830]. Bibliothèque d'histoire du Maghreb (in French). Paris: Bouchène. ISBN978-2-35676-054-8. OCLC50051561.
Algerian historian Mahfoud Kaddache [fr] wrote that "Algeria was first a regency, a kingdom-province of the Ottoman Empire and then a state with great autonomy, independent even, sometimes called a kingdom or military republic by historians, but which still recognized the spiritual authority of the caliph of Istanbul". (Kaddache (1998) p. 233) Kaddache, Mahfoud (1998). L'Algérie durant la période ottomane [Algeria during the Ottoman period] (in French). Algiers: Office des publications universitaires. ISBN978-9961-0-0099-1. OCLC41996481.
The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles complained in a memoir in 1783: "Everything announces that this trade will one day imperceptibly be of some consideration, because the country has by itself a capital fund which has given the awakening to the peoples who live there, and that nothing is so common today, to see Algerians and Jews domiciled in Algiers coming to Marseilles to bring us the products of this kingdom." (Kaddache (2003) p. 538) Kaddache, Mahfoud (2003). L'Algérie des Algériens de la préhistoire à 1954 [Algeria of the Algerians: Prehistory to 1954] (in French). Paris: Paris-Méditerranée. ISBN978-2-84272-166-4. OCLC52106453.
Ottoman Algerian dignitary Hamdan Khodja recalls: "The old officials who had completed their work were always repeating to their young successors: “We are foreigners. We did not obtain the submission of this people and the possession of this land by force and sword; Rather, thanks to kindness and leniency, we have become leaders !!! We were not statesmen in our country, and we did not obtain our titles and positions except on this land. Therefore, this country is our homeland, and our duty and interests require us to exert ourselves in contributing to the success and prosperity of this people. Just like we do it for ourselves.” (Khoja (2016) pp. 106-107) Khoja, Hamdan Ben-Othman (July 2016) [1833]. Aperçu Historique Et Statistique Sur La Régence d'Alger, Intitulé En Arabe: Le Miroir (in French). Vanves, Paris: Hachette Livre. ISBN978-2-01-371914-8. OCLC1304515544.
ibn Bekir 1860, p. 211–219. ibn Bekir, Mohamed[in French] (1860) [10 May 1749 (23 Jumada al-Ula 1162)]. "Ahad Aman ou réglement politique et militaire" [Ahad Aman or political and military regulations]. Revue africaine (in French). 4 (21). Translated by ben Moustafa, Mohammad; Devoulx, Albert. Algiers: Société historique algérienne: 211–219.
ibn Bekir 1860, p. 219. ibn Bekir, Mohamed[in French] (1860) [10 May 1749 (23 Jumada al-Ula 1162)]. "Ahad Aman ou réglement politique et militaire" [Ahad Aman or political and military regulations]. Revue africaine (in French). 4 (21). Translated by ben Moustafa, Mohammad; Devoulx, Albert. Algiers: Société historique algérienne: 211–219.
Algerian historian Mahfoud Kaddache [fr] wrote that "Algeria was first a regency, a kingdom-province of the Ottoman Empire and then a state with great autonomy, independent even, sometimes called a kingdom or military republic by historians, but which still recognized the spiritual authority of the caliph of Istanbul". (Kaddache (1998) p. 233) Kaddache, Mahfoud (1998). L'Algérie durant la période ottomane [Algeria during the Ottoman period] (in French). Algiers: Office des publications universitaires. ISBN978-9961-0-0099-1. OCLC41996481.
ibn Bekir 1860, p. 211–219. ibn Bekir, Mohamed[in French] (1860) [10 May 1749 (23 Jumada al-Ula 1162)]. "Ahad Aman ou réglement politique et militaire" [Ahad Aman or political and military regulations]. Revue africaine (in French). 4 (21). Translated by ben Moustafa, Mohammad; Devoulx, Albert. Algiers: Société historique algérienne: 211–219.
ibn Bekir 1860, p. 219. ibn Bekir, Mohamed[in French] (1860) [10 May 1749 (23 Jumada al-Ula 1162)]. "Ahad Aman ou réglement politique et militaire" [Ahad Aman or political and military regulations]. Revue africaine (in French). 4 (21). Translated by ben Moustafa, Mohammad; Devoulx, Albert. Algiers: Société historique algérienne: 211–219.
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Gorguos 1857, pp. 408–410. Gorguos, A (1857). "Rubrique : Articles N° 5". Notice sur le Bey d'Oran, Mohammed el Kebir [Notice on the Bey of Oran, Mohammed el Kebir] (in French). Revue Africaine Bulletin De La Société Historique Algérienne.
According to Merouche "It is first of all a new state integrated into a large empire, an "Imperial state", having at the same time all the attributes of a state in the sense of that time but which moreover constituted a largely autonomous province within the Ottoman Empire. The evolution of the status of the province towards a de-facto independence does not change the fundamentally Ottoman character of the state".(Merouche (2002) p. 10) Merouche, Lemnouar (2002). Recherches sur l'Algérie à l'époque ottomane I: Monnaies, prix et revenus 1520-1830 [Research on Algeria in the Ottoman period I: Coins, prices and income 1520-1830]. Bibliothèque d'histoire du Maghreb (in French). Paris: Bouchène. ISBN978-2-35676-054-8. OCLC50051561.
Algerian historian Mahfoud Kaddache [fr] wrote that "Algeria was first a regency, a kingdom-province of the Ottoman Empire and then a state with great autonomy, independent even, sometimes called a kingdom or military republic by historians, but which still recognized the spiritual authority of the caliph of Istanbul". (Kaddache (1998) p. 233) Kaddache, Mahfoud (1998). L'Algérie durant la période ottomane [Algeria during the Ottoman period] (in French). Algiers: Office des publications universitaires. ISBN978-9961-0-0099-1. OCLC41996481.
William Spencer notes: "For three centuries, Algerine foreign relations were conducted in such a manner as to preserve and advance the state's interests in total indifference to the actions of its adversaries, and to enhance Ottoman interests in the process. Algerine foreign policy was flexible, imaginative, and subtle; it blended an absolute conviction of naval superiority and belief in the permanence of the state as a vital cog in the political community of Islam, with a profound understanding of the fears, ambitions, and rivalries of Christian Europe." (Spencer (1976) pp. xi) Spencer, William (1976). Algiers in the Age of the Corsairs. Centers of civilization series. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN978-0-8061-1334-0. OCLC1958266.
The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles complained in a memoir in 1783: "Everything announces that this trade will one day imperceptibly be of some consideration, because the country has by itself a capital fund which has given the awakening to the peoples who live there, and that nothing is so common today, to see Algerians and Jews domiciled in Algiers coming to Marseilles to bring us the products of this kingdom." (Kaddache (2003) p. 538) Kaddache, Mahfoud (2003). L'Algérie des Algériens de la préhistoire à 1954 [Algeria of the Algerians: Prehistory to 1954] (in French). Paris: Paris-Méditerranée. ISBN978-2-84272-166-4. OCLC52106453.
Ottoman Algerian dignitary Hamdan Khodja recalls: "The old officials who had completed their work were always repeating to their young successors: “We are foreigners. We did not obtain the submission of this people and the possession of this land by force and sword; Rather, thanks to kindness and leniency, we have become leaders !!! We were not statesmen in our country, and we did not obtain our titles and positions except on this land. Therefore, this country is our homeland, and our duty and interests require us to exert ourselves in contributing to the success and prosperity of this people. Just like we do it for ourselves.” (Khoja (2016) pp. 106-107) Khoja, Hamdan Ben-Othman (July 2016) [1833]. Aperçu Historique Et Statistique Sur La Régence d'Alger, Intitulé En Arabe: Le Miroir (in French). Vanves, Paris: Hachette Livre. ISBN978-2-01-371914-8. OCLC1304515544.
William Spencer writes: "Algiers' status in the Mediterranean world was merited by its contributions as well as the exploits of the corsairs. Through the medium of Regency government, Ottoman institutions brought stability to North Africa. The flow of Anatolian recruits and the attachment to the Porte introduced many elements of the eclectic Ottoman civilization into the western Mediterranean. Corsair campaigns produced a fusion of Ottoman with native Maghribi and European styles, social patterns, architecture, crafts, and the like. A regular system of revenue collection, an efficient subsistence agriculture, and a well-established legitimate commerce along with corsair profits brought to the Regency a high standard of living. Its lands, while they never corresponded to the total territory conquered by France and incorporated into French Algeria, were homogeneous, well managed, and formed of an effective and collaborating social mixture the exact opposite of the situation which prevailed during the one hundred and thirty years of French control." (Spencer (1976) pp. xi-xii) Spencer, William (1976). Algiers in the Age of the Corsairs. Centers of civilization series. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN978-0-8061-1334-0. OCLC1958266.
Cathcart & Newkirk 1899, p. 94 Cathcart, James L. (James Leander); Newkirk, Jane Bancker Cathcart (1899). The captives. University of California Libraries. La Porte, Ind. : Herald Print. OCLC607384966.
De Haëdo 2004, p. 161. De Haëdo, Diégo (2004) [1881]. Histoire des rois d'Alger [History of the Kings of Algiers]. Histoire du Maghreb (in French). Translated by H.D. de Grammont. Algiers: éditions Grand-Alger-Livres. OCLC1153443423.
Rinehart 1985, p. 27. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.
Rinehart 1985, p. 24. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.
Rinehart 1985, p. 30. Rinehart, Robert (1985). "Chapter 1". In Nelson, Harold D. (ed.). Algeria, A Country Study. Area handbook series, 550-44 (4th ed.). Washington DC: Foreign Area Studies, American University. OCLC13268869.