Base in the war against Spain

Hayreddin Barbarossa established the military basis of the regency. The Ottomans provided a supporting
garrison of 2,000 Turkish troops with artillery.[18] He left Hasan Agha in command as his deputy when
he had to leave for Constantinople in 1533.[19]The son of Barbarossa, Hasan Pashan was in 1544 when
his father retired, the first governor of the Regency to be directly appointed by the Ottoman Empire. He
took the title of beylerbey.[19] Algiers became a base in the war against Spain, and also in the Ottoman
conflicts with Morocco.

Beylerbeys continued to be nominated for unlimited tenures until 1587. After Spain had sent an embassy
to Constantinople in 1578 to negotiate a truce, leading to a formal peace in August 1580, the Regency of
Algiers was a formal Ottoman territory, rather than just a military base in the war against Spain.[19] At
this time, the Ottoman Empire set up a regular Ottoman administration in Algiers and its dependencies,
headed by Pashas, with 3-year terms to help considate Ottoman power in the Maghreb.