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'''Hasan Agha''' (also known as '''Hadım Hassan Ağa''' or '''Hassan the eunuch)''' was a [[Sardinian people|Sardinian]] renegade and effective ruler of the [[Regency of Algiers]] from 1533 to 1545. |
'''Hasan Agha''' (also known as '''Hadım Hassan Ağa''' or '''Hassan the eunuch)''' was a [[Sardinian people|Sardinian]] renegade and effective ruler of the [[Regency of Algiers]] from 1533 to 1545. |
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The sixteenth century manuscript known as V, 248 of the Biblioteca Nacional de España records that Hasan Agha was born in the Sardinian village of Siniscola, where he was kidnapped at the age of ten by Barbarossa's men, and later castrated. Hasan's kinship with another Sardinian renegade, Alcaide Alì, is also mentioned in the same text. |
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He was born in Sardinia, where he was captured as a boy by the Algerian corsairs.<ref name="shuval">SHUVAL, TAL. “HOUSEHOLDS IN OTTOMAN ALGERIA.” Turkish Studies Association Bulletin, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 41–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43384749. Accessed 16 June 2025</ref> He became a slave of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]] who freed him, and from then, his career led him to become one of Hayreddin's most trusted men.<ref name="shuval" /> As his assistant and later lieutenant,<ref name="Giuseppe Capriotti, Pierre-Antoine Fabre, Sabina Pavone">{{cite book|author=Giuseppe Capriotti, Pierre-Antoine Fabre, Sabina Pavone|title=Eloquent Images Evangelisation, Conversion and Propaganda in the Global World of the Early Modern Period|year=2022|publisher=Leuven University Press |isbn=978-94-6270-327-8|page=83}}</ref> Hayreddin left him in command when he had to leave for [[Constantinople]] in 1533.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 151">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&pg=PA151 ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.151''ff'']</ref><ref name="Brill 872"/> |
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<ref>Asan Aga era tambien sardo, primo hermano de Alcayde Ali , natural de Siniscola , una legua de Posado , fue preso de x años , quando Barbaroxa tomo el dicho lugar y porque era hermoso , le castro. {{cite book |author=Édouard Cat |date= |title=Mission bibliographique en Espagne: rapport à Monsieur le ministre de l'Instruction publique |url= |location= |publisher=E. Leroux |page=99 |isbn= |access-date=}}</ref> |
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He was the deputy of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], who left him in command when he had to leave for [[Constantinople]] in 1533.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 151">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&pg=PA151 ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.151''ff'']</ref><ref name="Brill 872"/> |
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Hayreddin also left Hasan Agha in command of Algiers in 1534 when Barbarossa waged his campaigns in Tunisia.<ref name="Brill 872">"Leaving the government of Algiers to his khalifa, Hasan Agha, Barbarossa entered Tunisia, seized La Goulette (Aug. 16, 1534) and from there advanced on Tunis." in [https://books.google.com/books?id=7CP7fYghBFQC&pg=PA872 ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936'' by M. Th. Houtsma p.872]</ref> Hasan Agha ruled Algiers until 1545, as Barbarossa continued to be based in Istanbul as commander-in-chief of the Ottoman fleet. |
Hayreddin also left Hasan Agha in command of Algiers in 1534 when Barbarossa waged his campaigns in Tunisia.<ref name="Brill 872">"Leaving the government of Algiers to his khalifa, Hasan Agha, Barbarossa entered Tunisia, seized La Goulette (Aug. 16, 1534) and from there advanced on Tunis." in [https://books.google.com/books?id=7CP7fYghBFQC&pg=PA872 ''E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936'' by M. Th. Houtsma p.872]</ref> Hasan Agha ruled Algiers until 1545, as Barbarossa continued to be based in Istanbul as commander-in-chief of the Ottoman fleet. |
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Hasan Agha | |
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| Born | |
| Died | Algeria |
| Nationality | Sardinian, Ottoman |
| Other names | Hadım Hasan Agha |
| Occupation | Governor of Ottoman Algeria |
| Years active | 1532–1544 |
| Known for | Defence of Algeria against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Andrea Doria |
Hasan Agha (also known as Hadım Hassan Ağa or Hassan the eunuch) was a Sardinian renegade and effective ruler of the Regency of Algiers from 1533 to 1545.
The sixteenth century manuscript known as V, 248 of the Biblioteca Nacional de España records that Hasan Agha was born in the Sardinian village of Siniscola, where he was kidnapped at the age of ten by Barbarossa's men, and later castrated. Hasan's kinship with another Sardinian renegade, Alcaide Alì, is also mentioned in the same text. [1]
He was the deputy of Hayreddin Barbarossa, who left him in command when he had to leave for Constantinople in 1533.[2][3]
Hayreddin also left Hasan Agha in command of Algiers in 1534 when Barbarossa waged his campaigns in Tunisia.[3] Hasan Agha ruled Algiers until 1545, as Barbarossa continued to be based in Istanbul as commander-in-chief of the Ottoman fleet.
Hasan Agha was the commander of Algiers during the 1541 Algiers expedition, in which Barbarossa was absent and which ended with catastrophic results for Charles V.[3][4]
In 1542, he besieged the Zwawa tribe, who had supplied Charles V with 2,000 troops.[4]
Upon the retirement of Barbarossa in 1544, the son of Barbarossa Hasan Pasha was appointed Governor of Algiers to replace his father, and thus also replace Hasan Agha in the position of effective ruler.[3]
Notes
- ^ Asan Aga era tambien sardo, primo hermano de Alcayde Ali , natural de Siniscola , una legua de Posado , fue preso de x años , quando Barbaroxa tomo el dicho lugar y porque era hermoso , le castro. Édouard Cat. Mission bibliographique en Espagne: rapport à Monsieur le ministre de l'Instruction publique. E. Leroux. p. 99.
- ^ A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.151ff
- ^ a b c d "Leaving the government of Algiers to his khalifa, Hasan Agha, Barbarossa entered Tunisia, seized La Goulette (Aug. 16, 1534) and from there advanced on Tunis." in E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 by M. Th. Houtsma p.872
- ^ a b Handbook for travellers in Algeria and Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Constantine ... by John Murray (Firm),Sir Robert Lambert Playfair p.38