Hasan Corso (born Pietro Paolo Tavera) was the mayor of
Algiers and
caliph
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Salah Rais
Salah Rais ( tr, Salih Reis, ar, صالح ريس) (c. 1488 – 1568) was the 7th King of Algiers, an Ottoman privateer and admiral. He is alternatively referred to as ''Sala Reis'', ''Salih Rais'', ''Salek Rais'' and ''Cale Arraez'' in sever ...
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Corso was born on the island of
Corsica. When he was five years old, he was taken and sent away to
Istanbul
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, 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
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Sardo
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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.
References
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Military personnel of the Ottoman Empire
1556 deaths
People from Corsica
Mayors of Algiers
1510s births
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Algerian people of French descent
16th century in Algiers
Converts to Islam from Christianity