Where did Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif's fleet of corsairs base?
Salé-le-Vieux and Salé-le-Neuf
Sijilmassa
Algiers
Meknes
Answer
Salé-le-Vieux and Salé-le-Neuf were twin ports on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, which were the base of the fleet of corsairs led by Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, the Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727. The corsairs were privateers who raided European shipping, and their activities helped to make Morocco a powerful regional power in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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