Hammouda Pacha Bey
| Hammuda Pacha Bey حمودة باشا باي |
|
|---|---|
| Bey of Tunis | |
| 1666 | 1631 |
| Predecessor | Murad I Bey |
| Successor | Murad II Bey |
| Born | Hammuda ben Murad Tunisia |
| Died | 1666 Dar El Bey, Tunis |
| Spouse |
Aziza bent Ahmed ben Othman Dey Fatma Hiziyya bent Ali Thabet Khadija bent Ja'afar Mira bent Mouhamed Askri El-Hannacha |
| Issue |
Sidi Murad Bey Sidi Mohamed el-Hafsi Bey Mulay el-Hussein Bey |
| Dynasty | Muradids |
| Father | Murad I Bey |
| Mother | Yasmine |
| Religion | Islam |
Hammuda Pasha Bey (حمودة باشا), died 1666 was the second Bey of the Tunisian Muradid dynasty. He reigned from 1631 until his death.
Son of Murad I Bey and an odalisque of Corsican origin named Yasmine, Hammuda was notable for his strength as much as his generosity and concern for his people. During his reign, he led many expeditions against dissident tribes in the northwest and south of the country in order to maintain order and security.
In 1637 Hammuda orchestrated the election of Usta Murad as Dey, commander of the Ottoman milita in Tunis. Usta Murad, a friend of his father, was an old corsair, who European sources claim had captured around 900 ships and more than 20,000 prisoners to be sold as slaves at market in Tunis.
He obtained from the subsequent Dey, Ahmed Khodja Dey the right to a force of almost 600 footmen drawn from the sipahis to serve as a bodyguard; their command was guaranteed to the agha of the sipahis. In addition, in his reign the island of Djerba, which belonged to the pasha of Tripoli was definitively annexed by Tunis, although this was in large part the result of Yusuf Dey's diplomatic efforts.
In 1647, at the height of his power, he appointed all the officials and managed to gain control of the janissary force in Tunis. In 1659, the Ottoman sultan Mehmed IV named him pasha of Tunis. But his piratical activities bothered the European powers and France sent a large naval squadron to perform a demonstration of force. Hammuda, wishing to avoid conflict, signed a treaty on 25 December 1665. In it he specifies that Tunisia rcognised the preeminence of the French consul over other foreign ambassadors and granted them the right to engage in commerce throughout the whole of Tunisia.
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