A cikin ƙarni na 16 da 17, Tekun Bahar Rum shine wurin da ake fargabar ‘yan fashin teku. Daga cikin su, Jack Ward, wani dan fashin teku dan kasar Ingila da ya samu mafaka a kasar Tunisia, ya shahara wajen cin zarafi. Bari mu gano labarinsa mai ban sha’awa!
Oh, ma’aikatan jirgin ruwa! Shin kun san labarin ɗan fashin teku mai ban tsoro Jack Ward, wanda ake yi wa lakabi da « Birdy »? A karni na 16 da 17, Tunisiya ta kasance matattarar masu fashin teku a tekun Bahar Rum. Ruwan Tunisiya ya kasance yankin da ‘yan fashi da yawa suka fi so, wanda Jack Ward ya yi fice.
Wannan sanannen ɗan fashin teku, wanda ya taɓa yin jirgin ruwa, ya ƙalubalanci tekuna da jiragen ruwa na Turai tsakanin Sardinia da Sicily. Tare da abokan aikinsa, Jack Ward ya shiga cikin jiragen ruwa, ya sace kayansu kuma ya kama fasinjoji don sayar da su a matsayin bayi a kasuwannin Tunis.
Amma ta yaya wannan tsohon matuƙin jirgin ruwa ya zama ɗan fashin teku na gaske? Bayan kawo karshen yakin da aka yi tsakanin Ingila da Spain, Jack Ward, wanda a lokacin ba shi da aikin yi, ya zauna a Tunis kuma ya kulla yarjejeniya da mai mulkin kasar. Ya zama Yusuf Raïs, wanda aka fi sani da « Chaqour », dangane da gatarinsa na yaƙi.
Amma me yasa Birdy? Kuna tsammani! Saboda tsananin sha’awar da yake yi wa qananan tsuntsaye. Kuma meye haka? Birdy a Turanci Sparrow! Wannan shi ne yadda dan fashin teku na Tunisiya Jack Ward ya zama abin sha’awa ga shahararren Jack Sparrow, jarumi na « Pirates of the Caribbean ».
Duk da cin zarafi da ya yi, rayuwar Jack Ward ta ƙare da ban tausayi. Bayan ya shafe shekaru yana yawo a cikin teku, ya mutu a Tunis a shekara ta 1622, mai yiwuwa annoba ta ɗauke shi.
Don haka, labarin Jack Ward, wannan ɗan fashin teku na ban mamaki, yana tunatar da mu cewa ko da mafi yawan labarun na iya samun asali na gaske da ban sha’awa. Don haka, kuna shirye don tafiya kan kasada? Haga jirgin ruwa sama kuma ku bi sawun wannan ɗan fashin teku na almara!
