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Beylik of the East | |||||||||
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| 1528–1837 | |||||||||
 Flag taken from the Great Mosque of Constantine in 1837 | |||||||||
 Map of the Provinces of the Regency of Algiers. The Beylik of Constantine is the easternmost, between Titteri and Tunis. | |||||||||
| Status | Provincial governorate | ||||||||
| Capital | Constantine | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic Berber Osmanli | ||||||||
| Common languages | Algerian Arabic Judeo-Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Official: Maliki Sunni Islam Minorities: Ibadi Islam Judaism Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | 1528–1830 Beylik; Elective monarchy under the suzerainty of the Algerian Dey | ||||||||
| Bey | |||||||||
• 1528–1567 | Ramdane-Tchulak | ||||||||
• 1771–1792 | Salah ben Mostefa | ||||||||
• 1826–1837 | Hadj Ahmed | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern Period | ||||||||
• Established | 1528 | ||||||||
| 1837 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||
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The Beylik of Constantine (Arabic: بايلك قسنطينة, romanized: Bâylik Qasentina), Beylik of the Sunrise or Beylik of the East (Arabic: بيليك الشرق, romanized: Bâylik Ash-sharq or Bâylik Al-sharq) as was its official designation, was one of the three Beyliks of the Regency of Algiers (the other two being the Beylik of Titteri, also known as the Beylik of Médéa, and the Beylik of the West, also known as the Beylik of the Sunset). The region liberated itself from the Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa in the early 16th century, and constituted itself around Constantine in the mid to late 16th century. The Beylik collapsed in the 1837 siege of Constantine during the French conquest of Algeria. The Constantine department was formed upon the bases of the Beylik in 1848.