#DidYouKnow that the first person in the history to impose tax on the US was a Muslim? His name was Ghāzī Ḥassan Paşa of Algiers (1714-1790) also known as 'Paşa with Lion'.
Outside the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
️ Captured a Spanish warship when he was just a young janissary.
️ Owned that Spanish ship which led to the foundation of his legendary story
️ Captured and sunk many US warships in the Mediterranean.
️ IMPOSED A TAX on the US. (The Ottomans were the first and the only Empire which imposed a tax on the US after their Independence).
️ His actions caused the foundation of the treaty of Tripoli (in Turkish language) with the US which is also the first and the only treaty written in a foreign language in the US history.
️ The US paid 642,000 Ottoman golds for once and 12,000 golds per year.
️ Domesticated a Lion in Algiers and used to board the enemy ships with his Lion he captured.
Within the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
Built a new and modern Ottoman fleet within 3 years with his own coins.
Became a grand vizier just before he passed away.
Laid the foundations of today's naval academies in Turkey.
Had many Mosques and schools built.
Ḥassan Paşa left this temporarily world leaving no children. May Allāh Ta'āla have mercy on him.
Outside the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
️ Captured a Spanish warship when he was just a young janissary.
️ Owned that Spanish ship which led to the foundation of his legendary story
️ Captured and sunk many US warships in the Mediterranean.
️ IMPOSED A TAX on the US. (The Ottomans were the first and the only Empire which imposed a tax on the US after their Independence).
️ His actions caused the foundation of the treaty of Tripoli (in Turkish language) with the US which is also the first and the only treaty written in a foreign language in the US history.
️ The US paid 642,000 Ottoman golds for once and 12,000 golds per year.
️ Domesticated a Lion in Algiers and used to board the enemy ships with his Lion he captured.
Within the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
Built a new and modern Ottoman fleet within 3 years with his own coins.
Became a grand vizier just before he passed away.
Laid the foundations of today's naval academies in Turkey.
Had many Mosques and schools built.
Ḥassan Paşa left this temporarily world leaving no children. May Allāh Ta'āla have mercy on him.
#DidYouKnow that the first person in the history to impose tax on the US was a Muslim? His name was Ghāzī Ḥassan Paşa of Algiers (1714-1790) also known as 'Paşa with Lion'.
Outside the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
⚫️ Captured a Spanish warship when he was just a young janissary.
⚫️ Owned that Spanish ship which led to the foundation of his legendary story
⚫️ Captured and sunk many US warships in the Mediterranean.
⚫️ IMPOSED A TAX on the US. (The Ottomans were the first and the only Empire which imposed a tax on the US after their Independence).
⚫️ His actions caused the foundation of the treaty of Tripoli (in Turkish language) with the US which is also the first and the only treaty written in a foreign language in the US history.
⚫️ The US paid 642,000 Ottoman golds for once and 12,000 golds per year.
⚫️ Domesticated a Lion in Algiers and used to board the enemy ships with his Lion he captured.
Within the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
🔴 Built a new and modern Ottoman fleet within 3 years with his own coins.
🔴 Became a grand vizier just before he passed away.
🔴 Laid the foundations of today's naval academies in Turkey.
🔴 Had many Mosques and schools built.
Ḥassan Paşa left this temporarily world leaving no children. May Allāh Ta'āla have mercy on him.
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