Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa

Hasan ibn Khayr al-Din Barbarossa ruled Algiers from 951 AH to his removal in 960 AH, then was restored by the sultan after Hasan Corso's death in 964 AH.

Hasan ibn Khayr al-Din Barbarossa governed Algiers from 951 AH/1544 CE to his removal in 960 AH/1552 CE. On arrival he fortified the city where Charles V's attack had exposed weaknesses, stopped the Spanish of Oran from restoring Abu Zayyan Ahmad II, backed his ally King Hasan, and drove the Sa'dids from Tlemcen securing Ottoman rule in 959 AH/1551 CE. He opposed every foreign power including France, refusing its aid against Spain — 'the jihad's cause belongs to Muslims'. The ambassador turned the Porte against him: his absolute rule would break the state's unity. Suleiman removed him in Safar 960 AH, giving the beylerbeylik to Salih Ra'is. Restored after Hasan Corso's death in 964 AH, he raised ten thousand Zawawa, married Kuko's sultan's daughter, set Bu Yahya over Bedis, fought Abd al-Aziz ibn Abbas until he fell, and acknowledged his successor Ahmad Muqran.

Hasan ibn Khayr al-Din Barbarossa, governor of Algiers from 951 AH/1544 CE to his removal in 960 AH/1552 CE, his mother from a known Algerian family. On arrival he worked to fortify the city of Algiers where Charles V's attack had exposed weaknesses, and settled the order and the army; then he turned to the Tlemcen problem: he led the Muslim army, stopping the Spanish force of Oran from restoring Abu Zayyan Ahmad II, supported his ally King Hasan who acknowledged Ottoman authority, and left a garrison in the Mishwar citadel; he drove the Sa'dids from it and secured Ottoman rule there in 959 AH/1551 CE (the printed text '1151 CE'). He pursued a policy hostile to all foreign powers including France despite its official ties to the Ottoman state; when its ambassador offered military aid for the projected attack on Spain he refused, declaring the jihad's cause belongs to Muslims and he wins no victory with an unbeliever against an unbeliever. The French ambassador returned and poisoned the Porte's ear — that Hasan's absolute power and expanding kingdom would break the state's unity and threaten its body with split, his Algerian mother's conduct also raised in the warning — so Sultan Suleiman removed him in Safar 960 AH/January 1552 on a charge of harming good-neighborliness with Morocco, giving the beylerbeylik to Salih Ra'is. After Hasan Corso's death in 964 AH/1557 CE the sultan restored him to Algiers: he raised ten thousand from Zawawa, married the daughter of Kuko's sultan ibn al-Qadi, appointed Bu Yahya al-Ra'is over Bedis, and fought Abd al-Aziz ibn Abbas until he died, acknowledging his successor Ahmad Muqran.