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Salé et ses corsaires (1666–1727): un port de course marocain au XVIIe siècle

Leïla Maziane · Presses universitaires de Caen · 2007

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Book
Author
Leïla Maziane
Identifier
DOI 10.4000/162sg
Accessed
2026-09-01
Reliability notes
Preface by André Zysberg. Second, updated edition (2026, ISBN 9782381852867) open on OpenEdition Books; the DOI points to it.

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EstablishedSalé's economy rested almost entirely on privateering against Christian shipping and the trade in captives; under the early Alaouite sultans the corsair war continued, but the sultan organised it and took the largest share of the booty.DisputedSalé was a proto-anarchist 'pirate utopia' offering freedom to renegades.