مراد آغا وجهوده في تحرير سواحل طرابلس المغرب خلا القرن (16م)

Abstract

Tripoli lived the west of the period of semi-autonomy and nominal subordination to the Hafsid state at the end of the 9th century AH / 15 AD and the beginning of the 10th century AH / 16 AD during the reign of its governor Abdullah bin Sharaf and thanks to his justice knew prosperity and commercial prosperity was the destination of merchant ships because of its strategic location on the southern shore of the Mediterranean. However، the weakness of its fortifications and the absence of a regular army protects it made it exposed to a Spanish campaign in 1510 AD fell into the hands of the Spaniards who expelled its inhabitants and turned it into a military fortress and thus dimmed its luster and lost its commercial status، and led the preoccupation of the King of Spain Charles V wars in Europe to cede it to the Knights of the organization of St. John beginning in 1530 AD، nothing changed in its condition and led the efforts of the Sultan of the Hafsid states to ally with the Knights of Malta to the establishment of Khairuddin Barbarossa on Tajoura campaign of surprise expulsion on the impact of His followers and appointed one of his men Khairuddin Karman as its ruler And provided him with equipment and equipment and assigned him the task of liberating Tripoli west he made transformers to siege almost succeeded in opening it، but a sudden campaign on Tajoura led to his death around the year 1538 AD، then compensated Barbarossa Karman Murad Agha to continue his previous efforts to tighten the siege on the Knights of Malta on the one hand and support Dargut in his wars as well as correspondence with the Ottoman Sultan to request extensions، and Dargut was able after convincing Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to send the campaign of Ain Sinan Pasha as its leader and marched to Tajoura to descend in the hospitality of Murad Agha، after coordinating efforts between Sinan، Derghout and Murad Agha، imposed a naval and land blockade on Tripoli in the west، which lasted for days، forcing the governor of the Knights of Malta to surrender and evacuate it. Thus، the Ottomans succeeded in liberating it in 1551 AD and the beginning of the Ottoman rule in it by appointing Murad Agha as governor by Sinan Pasha، so he was able during his mandate، which did not exceed two years، to build new fortifications and restore what was damaged by them in restoring life to Tripoli in the west by reconstructing it and encouraging economic life، and the most important achievement was the aborting of the campaign of the Knights of Malta on Zuwara in 1552 AD، to end his term with the appointment of Darghout Pasha as governor of Tripoli in the west in 1553 AD. He returned to the city where he first landed in Tajoura full-time worship and spent his fortune in building the mosque that bore his name and was buried next to it after his death in 1555 AD.