Mezzomorto

Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Dey of Algiers
Mezzomorto as a Grand Admiral.
Admiral of Algiers
Reign1671-1683
PredecessorMohammed Trik
SuccessorHadj Ahmed Chabane
3rd Dey of Algiers
Reign16831688
PredecessorBaba Hassan
SuccessorHadj Ahmed Chabane
Kapudan Pasha
Reign1695-1701
Died1701
Chios
Burial1701
Country Regency of Algiers
ReligionIslam
OccupationCaptain then Dey
Military career
Battles/warsFranco-Algerian war (1681–1688)
Morean War
Battle of the Oinousses Islands
Battle of Andros (1696)
Bust of Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha in the Mersin Naval Museum.

Hussein Mezzomorto (d. 1701) or Hajji Husain Mezzomorto was an Algerian cosair,[1] dey of Algiers, and finally Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman Navy. His epithet mezzomorto is the Italian for "half-dead" and was acquired during a fight with the Spaniards,[2] when he was gravely injured.

  1. ^ E.J. van Donzel (2022). Islamic Desk Reference Compiled from The Encyclopaedia of Islam. BRILL. p. 140. ISBN 978-90-04-50505-6.
  2. ^ Orhonlu, C. "Hadjdji Husayn Pasha." Encyclopedia of Islam, New Edition. Vol. III. Ed. B. Lewis, V.L. Menage, Ch. Pellat and J. Schacht. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1971. p. 629.