| Ali Khodja | |||||||||
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| Dey | |||||||||
.jpg) Ali Khodja, surrounded by the severed heads of vanquished enemies after the bombardment of 1816 | |||||||||
| Reign | 1817-1818 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Omar Agha | ||||||||
| Successor | Hussein Dey | ||||||||
| Born | Ali Ben Ahmed c. 1764 | ||||||||
| Died | March 1, 1818 (aged 53–54) Algiers, Algeria | ||||||||
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| Arabic | علي ابن أحمد خوجة | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Ali V Ben Ahmed, nicknamed Ali Khodja, Ali-Meguer, or Ali Loco (the mad) (Arabic: علي ابن أحمد خوجة) was a Kouloughli of partial Georgian (Mengrelian) and Native Algerian origins born in Algeria.[1][2] He was the dey of the Deylik of Algiers from September 1817, just after the assassination of his predecessor Omar Agha the 8th. He remained so until his death in February 1818. His sobriquet Ali-Meguer may indicate his Mingrelian background.
- ^ Temimi, Abdeljelil (1978). Le Beylik de Constantine et Ḣadj 'Ahmed Bey (1830-1837). Tunis: Publications de la Revue d’histoire maghrébine, Vol. 1. p. 32.
- ^ Allioui, Youcef (2006). Les Archs, tribus berbères de Kabylie: histoire, résistance, culture et démocratie (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-01363-6.