Barbareskstaterna

[Ragnar Svedje]

Ragnar,
om du vill ha något lättsamt kan du läsa Mika Waltaris bok Mikael Hakim. Trevlig historisk roman.

Tusen takk!

Älskar historiska romaner, och finns de sedan som ljudbok på något skandinaviskt språk är lyckan gjord.

[Sneseglaren]

Kanske var det så att lösensummorna i början av 1600-talet var så låga att det rationella helt enkelt var att betala. Den "kostnadseffektiva" lösningen kanske var att betala helt enkelt. Och sedan såg Barbareskstaterna att detta går ju vägen och höjde summorna från år till år till det blev helt ohållbart vid 1800-talets början. Vet inte hur stor procentuell andel av USA:s budget år 1800 som gick till att betala lösen, då den amerikanska presidenten yttrade sitt berömda "inte en cent till lösen, men miljoner till vårt försvar".

Peter Madsen ger en uppfattning om hur stor kostnaden var:

“At the beginning of the 18th century money were collected systematically in all churches, and a so called ‘slave fund’ (slavekasse) was established by the state in 1715. Funds were brought in through a compulsory insurance sum for seafarers. 165 slaves were ransomed by this institution between 1716 and 1736. Yet private efforts and other sorts of collects were often necessary.

Between 1716 and 1754 19 ships from Denmark-Norway were captured with 208 men, piracy was thus a serious problem for the Danish merchant fleet, and at this level too the state became involved - with military interventions of various sorts and through negotiations with Barbary states.

In 1731 Sweden made an accord with Algeria, Denmark worked on a similar contract, but it was only established in 1747. The Danish contribution to the Dey of Algeria consisted of 40 iron canons, 4.000 bombs (bomber), 8.000 canon balls, 4 iron mortars, 50 masts, powder, towropes, 1000 planks of oak and 1000 of pine, i.e. building material for ships. 1751 a contract with Tunesia and 1752 a contract with the pasha of Tripolis were set up, and in 1754 a treaty with Morocco was ratified.”


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