Hasan Veneziano

حسن فنزيانو

Ottoman governor of Algiers; he returned on his own initiative when word reached him of chaos among the soldiery, seated himself over Algiers a second time in Rabi' II 991/April 1583, and the Porte did not object. He kept the fleet's command to himself and booty multiplied off the Spanish coasts; in 992/1584 he sailed on Valencia and carried off large numbers of al-Andalus's Muslims, saving them from Spanish persecution, and the next year saved all of Calosa's people, ferrying them to Algiers. He stayed at the head of Algiers' government until the sultan called him to Istanbul as kapudan (commander of the sea) after Uluj Ali's death in 995/1587 ¹.

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Roles: governor · military-leader
Era: The Gunpowder Empires
Region: Maghreb
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Summary

Ottoman governor of Algiers who seated himself for a second term, then became kapudan of the sea ¹.

The second governorship

He returned to Algiers when word reached him of chaos among the soldiery and installed himself in Rabi' II 991/April 1583, and the Porte did not object; he kept the fleet's command to himself and booty multiplied off the Spanish coasts and eastern islands ¹.

Rescuing al-Andalus's Muslims

In 992/1584 he sailed his fleet on Valencia and carried off large numbers of al-Andalus's Muslims, saving them from Spanish persecution, and the next year saved all of Calosa's people, ferrying them to Algiers ¹.