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Dey

Dey (Arabic: ???, from Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
Dayi ) was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers (Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
) and Tunis (Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
) under the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
from 1671 onwards. Twenty-nine deys held office from the establishment of the deylicate until the French conquest in 1830.

The dey was chosen by local civilian, military, and religious leaders to govern for life and ruled with a high degree of autonomy from the Ottoman sultan

Sultan

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Dey (Arabic: ???, from Turkish

Turkish language

Algeria

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
) under the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
. The main sources of his revenues were taxes on the agricultural population, religious tributes, and protection payments rendered by Corsairs, regarded as pirates who preyed on Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
shipping.

The dey was assisted in governing by a divan
Divan

Divan or diwan was a high governmental body in a number of Islamic states, or its chief official ....
made up of the Chiefs of the Army and Navy, the Director of Shipping, the Treasurer-General and the Collector of Tributes.

The dey's realm was divided into three provinces (Constantine, Titteri and Mascara), each of which was administered by a bey
Bey

Bey is a Turkish language title for "chieftain," traditionally applied to the leaders of small tribal groups. In historical accounts, many Turkey, other Turkic peoples and Iran leaders are titled Baig....
whom he appointed.

The rule of the deys came to an end on 5 July 1830, when Hussein Dey

Hussein Dey (ruler)

Hussein Dey , was the last of the Ottoman Empire provincial rulers of Algiers . He is most well known for sparking the war that led to decades of French rule over the country of Algeria....
(1765–1838) surrendered to invading French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
forces.

Other uses

Dey, De or Dé are also Bengali
Bengali people

The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal in South Asia with a history dating back four millennia. They speak Bengali language , a language of the eastern Indo-Aryan languages branch of the Indo-European languages....
family names.

Dey

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