@Moina59 6 June 2021 more from that month

Gazi Hasan Pasha. The last lion of the Ottoman Caliphate. Who forced America to pay taxes. Yes, you heard right, America was once obliged to pay taxes to the Ottoman Caliphate. In the mid-1800s Talk. America has barely established itself as a state. At that time Admiral Gazi Hasan Pasha was the Chief of Naval Staff of the Ottoman Caliphate. The souls of the navies of different countries trembled at the name. He was always moving with the lion. Under his able leadership, the naval forces of the Ottoman Caliphate still dominated the Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. These three sagals were the ponds of the Ottoman house. No state ship could enter without the permission of the caliphate. At that time, the US entered the Mediterranean with five of its ships. At the same time Gazi Hasan Pasha, the chief of the navy of the caliphate, ordered them to be summoned and detained. After a five-hour battle, the US navy was defeated and captured by the Ottoman caliphate. Gazi Hassan Pasha tied up captured American soldiers and warships off the coast of Algeria. Then US President George Washington demanded the return of their troops and ships to the Ottoman Caliph. Caliph George then demanded a huge ransom from Washington. And asked George Washington to come directly to himself and sign a contract. Forced, George Washington himself came and signed the treaty with the caliph. This is the only foreign-language agreement in American history. Under the treaty, the United States taxed the Ottoman Caliphate for 18 consecutive years. Ah! Where did we lose that caliphate .. (Collection)