She is known as one of the few, if not the only, women to hold such a position among the Pirates of the Barbary Coast. Sayyida al Hurra was born in the 16th century, hailing from the Alawi dynasty.

Barbary Coast is a 1935 American historical Western film directed by Howard Hawks. Shot in black-and-white and set in San Francisco's so-called Barbary Coast during the California Gold Rush, the film ...