Beylik of Constantine

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Beylik of the East بايلك قسنطينة (Arabic) Bâylik Qasentina
1528–1837
Personal standard of the last Bey of Constantine
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
• Siege of Constantine	1837
Preceded by Succeeded by Hafsids of Béjaïa Constantine (departement)
Today part of	Algeria

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.