Did You Know that the first person in history to impose a tax on the US was a Muslim? His name was Ghazi Hassan Pasha of Algiers (1714-1790) also known as ‘Pasha with Lion’.
Outside the Ottoman Empire he accomplished:
● Captured a Spanish warship when he was just a young janissary.
● 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 with the US which is also the first and the only treaty written in a foreign language in US history.
● The US paid 642,000 Ottoman golds for once and 12,000 golds per year.
● Domesticated a Lion in Algiers and used it to board the enemy ships with the 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.
🔴 Laid the foundations of today’s Naval academies in Turkey.
Hassan Pasha left this temporary world leaving no children. May Allah have mercy on him.
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