Baba Hassan

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Baba Hassan
Dey
2nd Dey of Algiers
Reign1682-1683 (officially, De jure)
1677-1683 (De facto)
Predecessor Mohammed Trik
Successor Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Died1683
Palace of Jenina, Algiers

Baba Hassan was a Dey of Algiers, from 1682 to 1683. [1]

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As the Dey of Algiers

He assumed control after Mohammed Trik, the previous dey, and an elderly Corsair left politics, and gave the title of Dey to him in 1677. [2] He was officially announced as ruler in 1682. He waged war against France, but after the Bombardment of Algiers in 1683, he was forced to capitulate. [3] The Diwan of Algiers did not accept this decision. Another rais called Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha killed him in the Palace of Jenina, taking away powers from him, and assuming the role of dey.

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References

  1. Kaddache 2011, p. 421.
  2. Algeria: Tableau de la situation des établissements français dans l'Algérie en 1837-54. Journal des opérations de l'artillerie pendant l'expedition de Constantine, Oct. 1837. Tableau de la situation des établissements français dans l'Algérie précédé de l'exposé des motifs et du projet de loi, portant demande de crédits extraordinaires au titre de l'exercice. 1842. pp. 412–.
  3. Kaddache 2011, p. 416.

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