Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - U.S. Navy yakaedza kuvhara zviteshi zveTripoli nechikwata chakatumwa naPurezidhendi Jefferson muna 1803. Mushure mekubudirira kwehondo kwekutanga, kunyanya kutorwa kweAmerican frigate USS "Philadelphia" muna Gumiguru 1803, Pasha akakurumidza kuzviwana achityisidzirwa mushure mekurwiswa kwakatungamirwa naUS Navy lieutenant Stephen Decatur kupisa nekuparadza "Philadelphia" pachiteshi cheTripoli. Pakazosvika 1805, pashure pokukundwa muHondo yeDerna
uyewo kuunganidzwa kwehama dzake Hamet Karamanli nemukuru wemauto eAmerica uye mumiririri wezvematongerwo enyika William Eaton, Karamanli akamanikidzwa kuzviisa pasi. Akasaina chibvumirano nomumiririri weAmerica Tobias Lear weU.S. Department of State icho chakagumisa hondo zviri pamutemo pana June 10, 1805.