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Honourable, and worthy Bassa Romadan Beglerbeg, most wise and prudent Iudge of the West Tripolis, wee wish the ende of all thy enterprises happie, and prosperous.
Not only this, but the Sultan sent a guard of two thousand Janissaries to his viceroy's aid, and offered special inducements to such of his subjects as would pass westward to Algiers and help to strengthen the Corsair's authority. The Beglerbeg lost no time in repairing the damage of the Spaniards.
From my mansion Rapamat in Pera this 24. of Iune 1584. The commaundement obtained of the Grand Signior by her Maiesties ambassador M. Wil. Hareborne, for the quiet passing of her subiects to and from his dominions, sent in An. 1584 to the Viceroyes of Algier, Tunis, and Tripolis in Barbary. To our Beglerbeg of Algier. We certifie thee by this our commandement, that the right honorable Will.
"The Padishah assures thee through me of his grace and favour, and of his own good pleasure appoints thee Beglerbeg of Rumelia." And with that a couple of dülbendars advanced with the costly kaftan of investiture. Halil Patrona reflected for an instant. The Sultan indeed had always been gracious towards him. He evidently wanted to favour him with an honourable way of retreat.
No one appreciated better the triumphs of the Beglerbeg of Algiers than Sultan Suleymān. The Ottomans, as yet inexperienced in naval affairs, were eager to take lessons. The Turkish navy had been of slow growth, chiefly because in early days there were always people ready to act as sailors for pay.
Manuel d'Orsini abjured Christianity, and entered the Ottoman service, in which his success was brilliant and his rise rapid, thanks to the favor of the grand vizier. The reader of Ottoman history will find the name of Mustapha Pasha frequently mentioned with honor in the reign of Solyman the Magnificent and Mustapha Pasha, beglerbeg of the mighty province of Anatolia, was once Manuel d'Orsini.
The sage Corsair was immediately appointed Beglerbeg, or Governor-General, of Algiers , and invested with the insignia of office, the horse and scimitar and horsetail-banner.
Ibrahim advanced and prostrated himself at the foot of his throne; and at the same moment two of the high functionaries present threw a caftan of honor over his shoulders a ceremony which signified that the sultan had conferred upon him the title of beglerbeg, or "prince of princes."
All the accounts of the siege and capture show discrepancies which it seems hopeless to reconcile. Hist. of Algiers, 286. When Barbarossa returned to Constantinople Tunis was forgotten and Minorca alone called to mind: instead of the title of Beglerbeg of Algiers, the Sultan saluted him as Capudan Pasha or High Admiral of the Ottoman fleets.
A letter of Master William Hareborne, the English Ambassadour, Ligier in Constantinople, to the Bassa Romadan, the Beglerbeg of Tripolis in Barbarie, for the restoring of an English shippe called the Iesus, with the goods, and men, detained as slaues, Anno 1585. Molto magnifico Signor,
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