The history of Hassan III Pacha and the Regency of Algiers must be reconstructed from different kinds of evidence: treaties, diplomatic correspondence, administrative records, historical studies, architectural remains, and later heritage documentation.
The sources below provide the foundation for the articles on this website. They are grouped by type rather than presented as a single bibliography.
Primary Documents
Treaties and Diplomatic Records
- Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers, concluded at Algiers on 5 September 1795.
- English translations and documentary editions of the Barbary treaties, including the versions collected in the Avalon Project.
- American diplomatic correspondence concerning the negotiation, ratification, and implementation of the treaty with Algiers.
- European diplomatic reports and consular correspondence relating to the Regency in the late eighteenth century.
Ottoman and Algerian Material
- Ottoman Turkish texts of treaties, official correspondence, investiture documents, and diplomatic communications.
- Contemporary references to the Dey, the Divan, the Odjak, the provincial beyliks, and the administration of Algiers.
- Documentary evidence relating to the Regency’s relations with the Sublime Porte and European powers.
Historical Studies
Algeria and the Regency
- General histories of Algeria and studies of the political evolution of the Regency of Algiers.
- Research on the relationship between local government in Algiers and the Ottoman imperial centre after 1710.
- Studies of the Janissary Odjak, the Divan, the Deylik, and the three provincial beyliks.
Mediterranean History
- Studies of corsairing, maritime commerce, consular relations, ransom, tribute, and diplomacy in the Mediterranean.
- Research on the diplomatic and commercial relations between North African regencies and European states.
- Historical work on the emergence of the United States as a diplomatic and commercial power in the Mediterranean.
Architecture and Heritage
Dar Hassan Pacha and the Casbah
- Architectural studies of Ottoman-period domestic buildings in Algiers.
- Heritage documentation concerning Dar Hassan Pacha, Dar Aziza, the Ketchaoua Mosque, and the lower Casbah.
- UNESCO and Algerian heritage documentation relating to the Casbah of Algiers.
Source lists will be expanded as additional books, archival
documents, translations, and scholarly studies are reviewed.
Where a claim remains uncertain, the relevant article should
identify that uncertainty clearly.