Rais Hamidou (Arabic: رايس حميدو) or Hamidu, also called Hammida or Amidon (in the American literature) (1773–1815) was a famous Algerian corsair. He captured many ships during his career. Hamidou died in the Battle off Cape Gata against an American squadron commanded by Stephen Decatur in 1815. The commune of Raïs Hamidou in Algiers, is named after him.
Born | Boumerdes, Algeria |
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1815 (aged ) Cape Gata, Near of Spain
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