List of governors and rulers of the Regency of Algiers

Dark Purple: Deys instated by the Taifa of Raises

Red: Deys instated by the Odjak of Algiers

Pink: Deys elected by the Diwan of Algiers

Portrait or depiction of the dey, if one exists

Years this Dey ruled

The ethnicity of the Dey is in italics.

Algiers = Known to have been born in the city of Algiers. This isn't referring to their ethnicity, although it does mean that they were likely Kouloughlis or Algerians. Note that as information is scarce on the Origins of the Deys, some deys may have been born in Algiers whom we have no sources on.

A Kouloughli is someone of mixed heritage, through a Janissary father and an Algerian mother. Many Janissaries were Greeks, Serbs, Albanians, and Bulgarians, and the Odjak of Algiers was not solely, or mainly composed of Turks.[1]

No.	Portrait	Name	Date of rule		Origins	Other titles	Notes, faits marquants
1		Mohamed Trik	1671	1682	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr[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	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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] or Turkish[5]	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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 Chabane[6]	1688	1695	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He went to Versailles to improve relations with France. He successfully made Morocco and Tunis Algerian tributaries, 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	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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.[7]
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6		Hassen Chaouch	1699	1700	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He was forced to resign after a severe defeat in a war with Tunisia
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7		Hadj Moustapha	1700	1705	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	His reign is marked with financial problems
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9		Mohamed Bektach	1707	1710	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He was assassinated by the Janissaries
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10		Dely Ibrahim Dey	1710	1710	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He was assassinated after only 5 months of ruling.
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11		Baba Ali Chaouche	1710	1718	Probably Kouloughli	Dey of El-Djazaïr (His official title was sultan)	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[8]	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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.[9]
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13		Baba Abdi (also known as Curd Abdi)	1724	1732	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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.[9]
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15		Baba Ibrahim Dey	1732	1745	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He failed to retake Oran from the Spanish, but he also made Tunis a tributary.
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16		Ibrahim Kouchouk	1745	1748	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	His reign was marked by multiple revolts
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17		Mohamed Ibn Bekir	1748	1754	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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	1754	1766	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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.[9]
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19		Muhammad V ben Othman	1766	1791	Probably Turkish[10]	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He had a relatively long reign. He was very nationalistic, 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. The Spanish were starting to get pushed back in Oran, which they abandoned 1 year after his death. He also faced several rebellion in the Constantine region, where he appointed an energetic governor called Salah Bey.[9]
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20		Sidi Hassan	1791	1798	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	He was the uncle of Muhammad V, and held several ministerial positions before being elected Dey. He retook Oran from Spain in 1792.
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21		Mustapha	1798	1805	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr
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22		Ahmed bin Ali Khodja	1805	1808	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr
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23		Ali III ben Mohamed	1808	1809	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr
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24		Hadj Ali Dey	1809	1815	Unknown	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	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	Sultan of El-Djazaïr
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27		Ali Khodja	1817	1818	Kouloughli (Algerian-Mingrelian)[11]	Sultan of El-Djazaïr
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28		Hussein Dey	1818	1830	Turkish	Sultan of El-Djazaïr	The last Dey of Algiers.
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