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fpcedlly marclied to the place of his vctu'cment, bi-forc Te- 

 kcUi had any apprchcnluin of Iiiidefigii. Tcktlli flfd, and 

 was clofdy piul'ucd by Yufcf, who at length overtook liim 

 and pierced him fevcra! times with his javelin, till he expired. 

 This aftion was highly applauded by all the Janizaries ; and 

 upon YufePs entering into Algiers, he was received with 

 wniverfal acclamation, as their deliverer from the tyranny of 

 Tekelli, who fella juft facrifice to his avarice and crnelty, in 

 th.e yoth year of his age and third month of his viceroylliip. 

 Yiifef was imaiiimoudy chofcii bafliaw of Algiers, but foon 

 died, to the great grief of the Algerines, by whom he was 

 b\iricd in the fame grave with the unfortunate Haflan Corfo. 

 The new viceroy appointed by the Porte was HalTan, the 

 fon of Hayradia, who had been difplaced by Selha Rais, at 

 the inftigation of Rattan, and who had now the good fortune 

 to be reilored to his Algerine government. His hrlt enter- 

 prile was direfted againft Tremccen, in which he was de- 

 feated with great lofs. The next year proved more glorious 

 to the Algerines, who encountered the Spaniards in their 

 expedition againft Moftagan, under- the command of the 

 brave count d'Alcandela. The caufe of this defeat was the 

 count's excefs of valour, or rather his precipitance, in en- 

 gaging the enemy before he received the fupply of troops 

 that were deftined to this fervice ; and the coni'cquence was 

 the lofs of his ov>'n life, the total rout of his army, and the 

 captivity of above 12,000 Spaniards, among whom was 

 the fon of the count, and many other noblemen and 

 gentlemen. 



Haffan, after this victory, returned to Algiers, laden 

 with laurels and fpoils. His next expedition was direfted 

 agaiiift Abdalazis, prince of the Beni Abbas, who inhabited 

 the mountains, and who had difcontinued to pay the ufual 

 tribute to the Algerine Ihite. Having for this piu'pofe col- 

 lefted a Inrge army, he commenced the war, which was foon 

 terminated by the death of Abdalazis, in confequcnce of a 

 muflcet-ball, which penetrated his breaft. About this time 

 the Marfilian merchants beg:ui, with the permiiTion of 

 HalTan, to built a fort 9n thcfe coafts, at a fmall diftance 

 from Calle, where the French have fince fettled ; but the 

 fort was in a few years demolifhed by the Algerine forces, 

 under pretence that the French had bought all the com, and 

 caufed a famine in their kingdom. 



Haflan, having married the king of Cuco's daughter, 

 permitted the fubjefts of this pi-ince to purchafe ammimition 

 at Algiers ; and this traffic gave fuch offence, that the Ja- 

 nizaries made an infurredlion, feized on the bafliaw and fome 

 other officers, and fent them in irons to Conftantino])le, ac- 

 cufing Haffan to the Porte of having a defign to make him- 

 felf king of Algiers. Upon their arrival, they vindicated 

 their conduft to the fatisfaftion of the Porte, and were fet 

 at liberty ; but a new viceroy was fent to Algiers. The 

 name of this balhaw was Ahamed, or Achmet ; he was a 

 favourite of the Sultan, and iufatiably avaricious ; and had 

 bought his dignity with a view to the emoluments that were 

 likely t^o accrue from it. He enjoyed it, however, only four 

 months ; and Haffan was reftored. Such was the joy of 

 the Algerines on his return, that even the women appeared 

 on the terraces and balconies to welcome him. Having 

 collefted a very numerous and powerful army and fleet, he 

 fet out on his expedition againft Marfa al Qulbbir ; intend- 

 ing, after the reduflion of this place, to attempt that of 

 Auran or Oran. This city was commanded by the count 

 d'Alcandela, who fucceeded his father ; and the former by 

 his brother Don Martin de Cordova, who had obtained his 

 liberty at an immenfe fum, and now made a moll gallant de- 

 fence againfl the Turks. Haffan, after having made fevcral 



vigorous attacks both by fea and land, and fuTcriiig feveral 

 repulfes, very fatal to his troops, was oblige<l to retire pre- 

 oipitately from the fiege by the approach of the Gcnocfc • 

 admiral Doria, who was advancing with a po\vcrftil fiiccour 

 from Genoa, Naples and Sicily. This ChriHian armada 

 having milTed its aim of intercepting the Algerine gallics, 

 bore away tor Pennon de Vclez, hoping to drive thcin out 

 of that harbour, but it was fhamefnlly repulfcd by a few 

 Turks that were then in garrifon and compelled to fail away 

 with no fmall lofs and ignominy. The lofs of this jihec m 

 the courfe of the next year was much regretted by the Al- 

 gerines and their bafliaw, and alio by Sultan Sulvman. 

 Haiian was dilplac-d by Mahanied bafliaw, the fon of 'Stlh.i 

 Rais ; and departed for Conltanlinople, where, three year.* 

 after, vi:r.. in 1570, he died in the 50th year of his age. 

 Mahamed, upon his firft arrival, performed feveral public- 

 fpiritcd ads, which attached to him the love of all the Al- 

 gerines. Whilft he was confulting how to advance tine 

 Algerine power and wealth, a Spanifh adventurer, named 

 Gaicon, was meditating a defign againft him. This was no- 

 thing lefs than to lurprife the whole piratical navy in the bay, 

 and to fet all the fliips on fh-e in the dead of the night. For 

 this puqiofe he i)btained the pcrmillion of king Piiilip IJ. 

 and a fupply of all neceffaiT vedels and materials. Having 

 advanced to the Mole-gate, and difpcrfed his men with their 

 hre-works, the garrifon, during the delay of the execution 

 of his plot, was alarmed, and Gafcon was under a necefTitv 

 of fecuring himfelf by flight ; but being purfued and over- 

 taken, he was brought back to Algiers; and the bafliaw or- 

 dered a gibbet of confidei-able height to be ercfted on th^ 

 fpot where he landed, on which he was hoilted, and hung 

 by the feet, that he might die in the moft cxquiilte torture ( 

 and as an infult on his matter, the king's commifTion was 

 fattened to his toes. Soon after he was iufpcnded, a ftrong 

 reprefentation was made in his favour, and in a little while 

 the bafliaw ordered him to be taken down. This lenity of 

 the battiaw occalioned great mumiurs among the people ; 

 and the unhappy Gafcon was ordered to be hoiftcd up by a 

 pully to the top of the execution wall and let down agaiu 

 upon the chinhun or hook, which occafioned his inilant 

 death ; and his body was hung up in ten-orem. This unfuc- 

 ccfsful projeft of Gafcon has procured for hiin a place 

 among the Spanifli martyrs. Mahamed, after enjoying his 

 government for about 14 months, was removed in order to 

 make way for the acceffion of the Corfair Hali Fartaz, or 

 Scald-head, commonly known by the name of Ochali, who 

 was appointed his fucceftcir by the Ottoman court. Ochali 

 arrived at Algiers in 1586, when the war againft the revolted 

 Morefcoes in Granada was at its height. Being folicitcd to 

 aflill them againft the Spaniards, he confentcd that fome icw 

 perfons fhould go tothis fervice as volunteers, but he declined 

 taking any oftenfible and adtive part in it. In the firil year 

 of his government, he laid the foundation of the fortrcf* 

 called Bebal-weyd Cattle. Next year he totally reduced the 

 kingdom of Tunis, which was then under the protedion of 

 Spain, to the obedience of the Ottoman f nipire. Having 

 continued a whole year at Tunis, lie left llie place, and 

 afTigned the office of his viceroy to a Sardinian rcnegado, 

 named Ramadan Sardo, v.-lio became afterwards bafliaw of 

 Algiers. This pcrfon railed himfelf from the condition of 

 a flave to this dignity, by his fuperior underftanding and good 

 conduft. He became matter of the Arabic and Turkiih 

 language; read and wrote well ; and having followed traf^c 

 for foine time, he was adopted, on account of his gooil 

 qualities, by Hali bafliaw, w1k> appointed him his deputy go- 

 vernor ill the city of Fez ; and in coafequence of the ap- 

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