Some days later the dey was deported, as well as the greater part of the janissaries.
Ali, the capitan pasha, was commander-in-chief, and he had with him Chulouk Bey of Alexandria, commonly called Scirocco, and Uluch Ali, dey of Algiers.
The dey of Algiers, who saw the opening, reversed the order of his squadron, and fell on the right of the centre.
If the dey had left, the three beys remained.
From the middle of the 16th century to the end of the 17th century the ruler of Tunisia was also called dey, a title frequently used during the same period by the sovereigns of Tripoli.
