Baba Hassan was a

Dey Dey (Arabic: داي), from the Turkish honorific title ''dayı'', literally meaning uncle, was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers (Algeria), Tripoli,Bertarelli (1929), p. 203. and Tunis under the Ottoman Empire from 1671 o ...

of Algiers, from 1682 to 1683.

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. 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. The

Diwan of Algiers Diwan and divan are variant terms originally used in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish with derivates in other Asian and European languages such as diwaan, dewan, etc. (see etymology sections at Divan, Diwan (poetry) and Dewan). These terms may refer t ...

did not accept this decision. Another rais called

Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha Hussein Mezzomorto ( tr, Mezamorta Hüseyin Paşa; died 1701) or Hajji Husain Mezzomorto ( tr, Hacı Hüseyin Mezamorta) was an Ottoman privateer, bey (governor), and finally Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman Navy. His epithet ''me ...

killed him in the

Palace of Jenina Dar Aziza is a 16th-century Moorish palace located in the Casbah of Algiers in Algeria. Today, it houses the National Agency of Archaeology and Protection of Historic Sites and Monuments. Dar Aziza, arguably the most iconic surviving building of i ...

, taking away powers from him, and assuming the role of dey.

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* {{cite book , first=Mahfoud , last=Kaddache , author-link=Mahfoud Kaddache , title=L'Algérie des Algériens , publisher=Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion , location=Alger , year=2011 , isbn=978-9961-9-6621-1 Deys of Algiers