List of beys of Constantine, Algeria

Since the year 1528 CE, and under the Regency of Algiers, the Constantine Province (or Constantine beylik) in Algeria was governed by a Bey appointed by the dey of Algiers, until Constantine was taken by the French Royal Army on 13 October 1837. As for the other provinces of the Regency (the beylik of Oran and the beylik of the Titteri), the bey of Constantine was the representative of the dey of Algiers and administrated the provinces in his name.

From 1528 to 1830, the province of Constantine was governed by 44 beys, the first of whom was Ramdane-Tchulak bey who reigned on the province between 1528 and 1567. The last was Ahmed Bey whose reign started in 1826. This is the list of the beys and the year their mandate begun, annotated with important facts:[1]

Chronological List

Flag of Constantine beylek during the era of Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif[2]
The Beys Palace in Constantine, is named after Ahmed Bey the last bey of Constantine (News report on YouTube)

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Féraud, L. (1866). "Époque de l'établissement des Turcs a Constantine" [The Era of the establishment of the Turks at Constantine]. Revue africaine (in French). Société historique algérienne (5): 179–94.
  2. ↑ Temimi, Abdeljelil (1973). "Le drapeau constantinois à l'époque de Hadj Ahmed, dernier Bey de Constantine" [The Constantine flag during the era of Hadj Ahmed, the last Bey of Constantine]. Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée (in French) (15–16): 323–6.
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