Baba Ali Chaouch, also known as Ali Soukali, or simply Ali I, was a ruler of the Deylik of Algiers from 1710 to 1718. 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.
Baba Ali Chaouche, by Pierre Duflos
Gate of Lions (Bab sboua) topped by a poem in Arabic mentioning Baba Ali's reconstruction of the gate
The Odjak of Algiers((efn|also spelled Ujaq was a unit of the Algerian army. It was a highly autonomous part of the Janissary Corps, acting completely independently from the rest of the corps, similar to the relationship between Algiers and the Sublime Porte. Led by an Agha, they also took part in the country's internal administration and politics, ruling the country for several years. They acted as a defense unit, a Praetorian Guard, and an instrument of repression until 1817.
A Janissary of Algiers
A Soldier of the Janissaries by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (1671–1737)
Dey Ali Khoja, surrounded by the severed heads of vanquished enemies after the bombardment of 1816
Origin of Algerian Janissary recruitment according to Marcel Colombe (1943)
