Mezzomorto
| Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Dey of Algiers | |
Mezzomorto as a Grand Admiral. | |
| Admiral of Algiers | |
| Reign | 1671–1683 |
| Predecessor | Mohammed Trik |
| Successor | Hadj Ahmed Chabane |
| 3rd Dey of Algiers | |
| Reign | 1683–1688 |
| Predecessor | Baba Hassan |
| Successor | Hadj Ahmed Chabane |
| Kapudan Pasha | |
| Reign | 1695–1701 |
| Died | 1701 Chios |
| Burial | 1701 |
| Country | Regency of Algiers |
| Religion | Islam |
| Occupation | Captain then Dey |
| Military career | |
| Battles / wars | Franco-Algerian war (1681–1688) Morean War Battle of the Oinousses Islands Battle of Andros (1696) |
Hussein Mezzomorto (d. 1701) or Hajji Husain Mezzomorto was an Algerian corsair, dey of Algiers, and finally Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman Navy. His epithet mezzomorto is the Italian for "half-dead" and was acquired during a fight with the Spaniards, when he was gravely injured.