Hasan Corso

Mayor of Algiers

Hasan Corso (born Pietro Paolo Tavera) was the mayor of Algiers and caliph of Salah Rais.

Corso was born on the island of Corsica. When he was five years old, he was taken and sent away to Istanbul, and was introduced to the Janissaries. There, he was educated in the Muslim religion, Turkish language and given military education. At the end of these years, the Turkish gave him the name Hassan Corso, and sent him to Algiers. He rapidly rose through the ranks and earned the title of Agha. One of his principal lieutenants was a European convert to Islam as well, and hailing from Corso's neighbouring island of Sardinia, Ali "Sardo".^[1]

In 1549, he became mayor of Algiers and caliph of Salah Rais. He was murdered in August, 1556, at the age of 38 on the orders of a pasha sent from Istanbul.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b James McDougall (2017). A History of Algeria. Cambridge University Press. p. 30.

Historical rulers of Algeria

Zayyanid rulers of
the Kingdom of Tlemcen
(1235–1556)

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
Abu Said Uthman I
Abu Zayyan I
Abu Hammu I
Abu Tashufin I
Abu Said Uthman II
Abu Thabid I
Abu Hammu II Musa
Abu Zayyan Muhammad II ibn Uthman
Abu Tashufin II
Abu Thabid II
Abul Hadjdjadj I
Abu Zayyan II
Abu Muh I
Abu Abdallah I
Abd er Rahman I bin Abu Muh
Said I bin Abu Tashufin
Abu Malek I
Abu Abdallah II
Abu Abbas Ahmad I
Abu Abdallah III
Abu Tashufin III
Abu Abdallah IV
Abu Abdallah V
Abu Hammu III
Abu Muh II
Abu Abdallah VI
Abu Zayyan III
Al Hassan ben Abu Muh

Ottoman governors of
the Regency of Algiers
(1517–1710)

Aruj Barbarossa
Hayreddin Barbarossa
Hasan Agha
Hadji Pasha
Hasan Pasha
Khalifa Saffah
Salah Rais
Hasan Corso
Muhammad Kurdogli
Mehmed Tekkelerli
Yusuf I Pasha
Yahyia Pasha
Hasan Khüsro Aga
Ahmed Bostandji
Ahmad Pasha Qabia
Muhamad Pasha
Uluç Ali Reis
Mehmet Pasha
Arab Ahmed Pasha
Ramdan Pasha
Hassan Veneziano
Djafar Pasha
Mami Muhammad Pasha
Dali Ahmed Pasha
Hızır Pasha
Hadji Shaban Pasha
Mustapha Pasha
Daly Hassan Pasha
Soliman Pasha
Muhammad II the eunuch
Mustapha II Pasha
Rizvan Pasha
Köse Mustafa Pacha
Hasan IV
Mustapha IV Pasha
Soliman Katanya
Kassan Kaid Koça
Hizir Pasha
Mustafa III Pasha
Khüsrev Pacha
Murat Pasha
Hassan Khodja
Yusuf II Pasha
Ali Bitchin
Mahmud Bursali Pacha
Ahmed I Pasha
Yusuf III Pasha
Murad Pasha
Buzenak-Muhammad
Ahmed II Pasha
Ibrahim Pasha
Ismail Pasha
Khalil Aga
Ramadan Aga
Shaban Aga
Ali Aga
Hadj Mohamed Dey
Baba Hassan
Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Ahmed Sharban
Hadji Ahmed ben al-Hadji
Hassan Chaouch
Hadji Mustapha
Hussein Kodja
Mohamed Bektach
Deli Ibrahim

Deys of
the Deylik of Algiers
(1710–1830)

Ali I
Muhammad III
Abdy Pasha
Mohammed Arslan
Ibrahim III
Ibrahim IV
Muhammad IV
Ali II
Muhammad V
Sidi Hassan
Mustapha II
Ahmed II
Ali III
Ali IV
Mohammed Khaznadji
Omar Agha
Ali V
Muhammad VI ben Ali
Hussein Dey

Governors
of French Algeria
(1830–1962)

Presidents of the
Republic of Algeria
(1962–present)

Barbary Corsairs

Territories
Regency of Algiers Annaba Barbary coast Bizerte Cherchell Mahdiya Oran Rabat Republic of Salé Tetouan Regency of Tripoli Regency of Tunis

Commanders

16th century	Aruj Hayreddin Barbarossa Sayyida al Hurra Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis Occhiali Salah Rais Murat Reis the Elder Kemal Reis Aydın Reis Muhammad I Pasha Hasan Corso Muhammad Kurdogli Hasan Agha Hasan Pasha Arnaut Mami Hassan Veneziano Sinan Reis Dragut
17th century	Jan Janszoon Salé Rovers Anglo-Turkish piracy Sulayman Reis Ahmed el Inglizi Omar Agha Ali Bitchin Simon Reis Yusuf Reis
18th century	Ahmed Karamanli Yusuf Karamanli
19th century	Ali Khodja Hussein Dey Omar Agha Mohamed Kharnadji Haji Ali Baba Mohammed ben-Osman

Diplomacy
Franco-Ottoman alliance Anglo-Moroccan alliance Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship US Treaty with Tripoli (1796) US Treaty with Tunis (1797) US Treaty with Tripoli (1805) US Treaty with Algiers (1815) US Treaty with Tunis (1824) US Treaty with Morocco (1836)

Conflicts

16th century	Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands (1501) Capture of Algiers (1516) Fall of Tlemcen (1518) Battle of Pianosa (1519) Siege of Rhodes (1522) Battle of Formentera (1529) Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529) Conquest of Tunis (1534) Conquest of Tunis (1535) Sack of Mahón (1535) Siege of Corfu (1537) Battle of Preveza (1538) Siege of Castelnuovo (1539) Battle of Alboran (1540) Siege of Nice (1543) Ottoman wintering in Toulon (1543-1544) Capture of Mahdiye (1550) Invasion of Gozo (1551) Siege of Tripoli (1551) Battle of Ponza (1552) Invasion of Corsica (1553) Capture of Bougie (1555) Siege of Oran (1556) Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands (1558) Battle of Wadi al-Laban (1558) Expedition to Mostaganem (1558) Battle of Djerba (1560) Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir (1563) Great Siege of Malta (1565) Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1568–71) Battle of Lepanto (1571) Conquest of Tunis (1574) Sack of Sori (1584)
17th century	Expulsion of the Moriscos (1609) Franco-Algerian War (1609–28) Raid on Żejtun (1614) Battle of Cape Corvo (1615) Dutch-Barbary War (1618–22) Action of 3 October 1624 Dutch expedition to Algiers (1624) Turkish Abductions (1627) Sack of Baltimore (1631) Raid on Ceriale and Borghetto (1637) Cretan War (1645–69) Action of March 1665 Anglo-Algerian War (1677–82) French-Tripolitania War (1681–85) Bombardment of Algiers (1682) Bombardment of Algiers (1683) Morean War (1684–99) Bombardment of Algiers (1688) Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727) Battle of the Oinousses Islands (1695)
18th century	Dutch-Algerian War (1715–26) Spanish conquest of Oran (1732) Action of 28 November 1751 Battle of Cape Palos (1758) Danish–Algerian War (1769–72) Siege of Melilla (1774–75) Dutch–Moroccan War (1775–77) Invasion of Algiers (1775) Bombardment of Algiers (1783) Bombardments of Tunisia (1784–92) Bombardment of Algiers (1784) Moroccan seizure of the Betsey (1784) American-Algerian War (1785–95) Swedish-Algerian War (1791–92) Action of 16 May 1797
19th century	First Barbary War (1801–05) Second Barbary War (1815) Bombardment of Algiers (1816) Battle of Tripoli (1825) Bombardment of Tripoli (1828) Austrian expedition against Morocco (1829–30) Invasion of Algiers (1830)