Baba Ali Chaouch | |||||
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Dey | |||||
Reign | 15 August 1710 – 4 April 1718 | ||||
Predecessor | Dely Ibrahim Dey | ||||
Successor | Mohamed Ben Hassan | ||||
Died | 4 April 1718 Algiers, Regency of Algiers | ||||
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Arabic | بابا علي شاوش | ||||
Country | Regency of Algiers | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Occupation | Corsair | ||||
Military career | |||||
Battles / wars | Dutch-Algerian War (1716-1726) |
Baba Ali Chaouch, also known as Ali Soukali, or simply Ali I, was a ruler of the Deylik of Algiers from 1710 to 1718.[1][2] He was the first dey of Algiers to be invested with the title of dey-pacha. The Sultan Ahmed III had Ali Chaouch's envoy given the caftan and the three tails, a sign of the dignity of a "pasha". This title was attributed to all his successors until 1830.
Algiers once again experienced prosperity thanks to corsairing and expeditions to the European coasts.[3]