mar 1, 1517 - The Ottoman Turks occupied Egypt in 1517

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Algeria was the first country of the Maghrib to be ruled by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman troops thus emerged as a ruling caste that periodically renewed itself with fresh recruits from various parts of the Mediterranean region. The deys, chosen from within this caste, governed Algeria independently from the Ottoman government. They retained religious ties to the Ottoman sultan, however, by recognizing him as caliph and by making the Ḥanafī school of law—the official school of the Ottoman Empire—the official school of law in Algeria as well.