State · 1516 – 1830
Regency of Algiers
A state of 1516 – 1830 — 314 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Kingdom of Tlemcen and Emirate of Algiers. The atlas records 12 things within it — wars and battles 10 · people 2. Its line of rulers holds 8 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 314 years
- 1516 – 1830
- Rulers
- 8
- the 1st Dey of Algiers
- Most ground
- 212,000 km²
- in 1792
- Within it
- 12
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Kingdom of Tlemcen · replaces · 1235 – 1556
- Emirate of Algiers · replaces
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aruj Barbarossa | 1516 – 1518 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Salah Rais | 1552 – 1556 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Mohamed Trik | 1671 – 1682 | 11 years | ending not on record | |
| Baba Hassan | 1682 – 1683 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Mezzomorto | 1683 – 1688 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Mohamed Ben Hassan | 1718 – 1724 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Baba Mohammed ben-Osman | 1766 – 1791 | 25 years | ending not on record | |
| Ali Khodja | 1817 – 1818 | 1 year | ending not on record |
8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1516 – 1818. Median reign 4.5 years. 0 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
210,900 km² in 1716, 207,500 km² in 1830; at its largest 212,000 km² in 1816. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedLesser coat of arms of the Regency of Algiers · Public domain 
flag, 1516 – 1830Flag of Regency of Algiers · Public domain 
flag, 1521 – 1830Flag of the Regent of Algiers · CC0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1500 – 15993 rows · 3 wars and battles
- Battle of Algiers · battle · 1541
- Expedition to Mostaganem · battle · 1558
- Algiers expedition · battle · 1519
1600 – 16993 rows · 3 wars and battles
- Battle of Djebel Amour · battle · 1679
- Battle of Djidioua · battle · 1694
- Battle of Tlemcen · battle · 1696
1700 – 17992 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Invasion of Algiers · battle · 1775
- Battle of Chelif · battle · 1701
1800 – 18994 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Emir Abdelkader · scientist · 1808 – 1883
- Lalla Fatma N'Soumer · politician · 1830 – 1863
- Invasion of Algiers · battle · 1830
- Battle of Staouéli · battle · 1830
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood314 years
stood longer than 74% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held212,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 59% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1485 – 1861, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1792, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q3045696 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.