List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers

This is a list of the Beylerbeys, Pashas and Deys of the Regency of Algiers:

Beylerbeys (1517-1576)

• Oruç Barbarossa 1517-1518
• Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Khidr Reis 1518-1545
• Hasan Pasha 1545-1566 (son of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha)
• Muhammad I Pasha 1566-1568
• Kılıç Ali Paşa 1568-1577

Pashas (1577-1659)

• Hassan III 1577-1588
• Hızır Pasha 1588-1591
• Hadji Shaban Pasha 1591-1593
• Mustapha Pasha 1593-1594
• Kader Pasha (second time) 1594-1595
• Mustapha II Pasha 1596-1599
• Daly Hassan Pasha 1599-1601
• Somiman Pasha 1601-1603
• Muhammad II the eunuch 1605-1607
• Mustapha III Pasha 1607
• Redwan Pasha 1607-1610
• Kussa Mustapha 1610-1614
• Hasan IV 1614-1616
• Mustapha IV Pasha 1616-1619
• Kassan Kaid Kussa 1619-1621
• Kader Pasha 1621-1626
• Hassan Khodja 1626-1634
• Yusuf II 1634-1645
• Mahmud Brusali Pasha 1645-1647
• Yusef Pasha 1647-1650
• Mehmed Pasha 1650-1653
• Ahmed Pasha (first period of rule) 1653-1655
• Ibrahim Pasha (first period) 1655-1656
• Ahmed Pasha (second period) 1656-1657
• Ibrahim Pasha (second period) 1657-1659
• Ahmed Pasha (third period) 1658-1659

Aghas (1659-1671)

• 1659-1660: Khalil Agha
• 1660-1661: Ramadan Agha
• 1661-1665: Chabane Agha
• 1665-1671: Ali Agha

Deys of the Deylik of Algiers

No.	Portrait	Name	Date of rule		Origins	Other titles	Notes, faits marquants
1		Mohamed Trik	1671	1682	Dutch^[1]	Doulateli^[2]	The first dey of Algiers. He reduced Ottoman authority to a ceremonial role, and ousted the Janissary aghas with the help of the Raises.^[3]
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2		Baba Hassan	1682	1683	Unknown	Doulateli	He kept the independence of Algiers under his rule. He declared war on the Kingdom of France, provoking the Djidjelli expedition, and the first and second bombardments of Algiers. He was forced to accept a peace treaty imposed by the Ottomans, which also replaced him with Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha.
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3		Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha	1683	1688	Spanish^[4]	Doulateli	After ousting Baba Hassan he declared war on France again. He was the one to fight off the aforementioned bombardments and expeditions. Unlike Trik or Hassan, he was only quasi-independent. In 1687 the Ottomans attempted to restore total control over Algeria by sending Ismael Pasha to disembark in Algiers, But Mezzomorto refused to let him. He was ousted in 1688 by a native revolt. He was appointed admiral of the Ottoman Empire after fleeing to Tunis.
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4		Hadj Ahmed Chabane	1688	1695	Turkish^[5]	Doulateli	He went to Versailles to improve relations with France. He successfully made Tunis an Algerian tributary, but he was strangled to death by the Janissary militia. He was instated by an anti-ottoman native revolt, so he may have been a native himself, but this is not specified.
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5		Hadj Ahmed	1695	1698	Unknown	Doulateli	Despite the fact that he wasn't elected by the Janissaries he catered to them heavily as to keep his power. He got murdered after a disagreement with the Janissaries.^[6]
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6		Hadj Hassen Chaouch	1699	1700	Unknown	Doulateli	He was forced to resign after a severe defeat in a war with Tunisia
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7		Hadj Moustapha	1700	1705	Unknown	Doulateli	He achieved a decisive victory over Tunisian forces near Skikda, and he stopped an offensive by Ismail Ibn Sharif near the Muluya river. He failed to capture Tunis in 1705, and retreated but was caught and killed by his janissaries near Collo.
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8		Hussein Khodja	1705	1707	Unknown	Doulateli	His reign is marked with financial problems
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9		Mohamed Bektach	1707	1710	Arab	Doulateli	Started his rule by achieving a first retaking of Oran in 1707, He was assassinated by the Janissaries due to payment delays.
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10		Dely Ibrahim Dey	1710	1710	Unknown	Doulateli	He was assassinated after only 5 months of ruling.
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11		Baba Ali Chaouche	1710	1718	Turkish	Doulateli Pasha	He eliminated more than a thousand Janissaries. He refused to accept the Pasha sent from the Sublime Porte, marking his independence. He also reformed the diwan, which from then on elected the Deys of Algiers.
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12		Mohamed Ben Hassen	1718	1724	Egyptian^[7]	Doulateli Pasha	He encountered internal difficulties especially with the tribes and the corsairs. He continued his predecessor's policy on independence, refusing to accept Ottoman orders on external policy. He was killed by the corsairs, during a revolt of the latter, who accused him of favoring the janissaries.^[8]
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13		Baba Abdi (also known as Curd Abdi)	1724	1732	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	He was a great defender of the interests of the corsairs and their activity. He maintained the firmness of his predecessors regarding the Ottoman Empire, refusing to let in the Pasha appointed by the Sublime Porte.^[8]
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15		Baba Ibrahim Dey	1732	1745	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	He failed to retake Oran from the Spanish, but he also made Tunis a tributary.
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16		Ibrahim Kouchouk [ar; fr; uk]	1745	1748	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	His reign was marked by multiple revolts
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17		Mohamed Ibn Bekir [ar; fr; uk]	1748	1754	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	He also had to face multiple revolts. He issued an edict, limiting the power of the Janissaries (Ahad Aman)
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18		Baba Ali Bou Sebâa [ar; fr; uk]	1754	1766	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	Thanks to the edict issued by his predecessor he had to face 2 revolts by the Janissaries, one near Tlemcen, while the other in Constantine.^[8]
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19		Muhammad V ben Othman	1766	1791	Turkish^[9]	Doulateli Pasha	He had a relatively long reign. He was competent, pious and austere, which manifested throughout his reign. He hunted the ships of nations which refused to pay tribute, He defeated Denmark in 1772, and Spain in 1785. He also faced several rebellion in the Constantine region, where he appointed an energetic governor called Salah Bey.^[8]
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20		Sidi Hassan [ar; fr; uk]	1791	1798	Turkish^[10]	Doulateli Pasha	He was the uncle of the last dey of Algiers Hussain Pasha, and held several ministerial positions before being elected Dey. He retook Oran from Spain in 1792. Ruler during the American-Algerian War.
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21		Mustapha [ar; fr; uk]	1798	1805	Turkish^[10]	Doulateli Pasha	He was the grandson of dey Muhammad ben Othman and was known for being close to Jewish merchants. Due to failed harvests, famine and political turmoil ensued. The Darqawa revolt sparked during his reign. He was killed by the Janissaries in 1805.
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22		Ahmed bin Ali Khodja	1805	1808	Turkish	Doulateli Pasha
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23		Ali III ben Mohamed	1808	1809	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha
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24		Hadj Ali Dey	1809	1815	Arab^[11]	Doulateli Pasha	His rule was marked by authoritarianism and cruelty. The Bey of Oran revolted against him and marched until Miliana, but the Cheikhs in his army betrayed him, and as such he failed to overthrow Hadj Ali. The Bey of Titteri got decisively defeated by the tribes of the Sahara under his rule, and the Deylik failed to impose any control over the Sahara for the next few years. His rule was also marked by several revolts in Kabylia, the Tlemcen region, and the Aurès Mountains. He was assassinated while bathing.
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25		Hadj Mohamed	1815	1815	Unknown	Doulateli Pasha	He noticed the corruption of the Janissaries which thrived under his predecessor, and he tried to stop it, but he was assassinated instead.
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26		Omar Agha	1815	1817	Greek	Doulateli Pasha
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27		Ali Khodja	1817	1818	Mingrelian	Doulateli Pasha
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28		Hussein Dey	1818	1830	Turkish	Doulateli Pasha	The last Dey of Algiers, his rule, and the Deylik of Algiers ended with the Invasion of Algiers in 1830.
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Unofficial Deys after 1830
		Mustapha Boumezrag	1830	1830	Unknown		Once the Bey of Titteri (governor of the southern provinces), following the fall of Algiers he declared himself the new Dey of Algiers and began a campaign of resistance against the French army, until his capital was captured and he was forced to capitulate during the Médéa expedition.^[12]
		Hadj Ahmed Bey	1833	1848	3/4 Algerian, 1/4 Turkish		Once the Bey of Constantine, he fought the French starting in 1830, and declared himself Dey of Algeria in 1833. After defeating a large french attack in 1836, his capital was captured in 1837, after which he retreated into the Aures and the Sahara from where he waged guerilla warfare, until he surrendered in 1848.^[13]^[14]

Timeline

See also

• List of rulers of Algeria before independence
• Ottoman Algeria
• Turks in Algeria
• Ottoman Empire

Sources

• Kaddache, Mahfoud (2011). L'Algérie des Algériens. ISBN 978-9961-9662-1-1.

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8. Kaddache 2011, p. 436.
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