Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif

Ahmed bin Muhammad Sharif Bey (also Hajj Ahmed Bey ) (* 1786, † 1851; Arabic أحمد باي بن محمد شريف ) was from 1826 to 1847, the last Bey of Constantine. He tried to prevent as leader of the former Ottoman State unsuccessfully part the advance of the French colonial power.

Life

Ahmed Bey was born the son of an Ottoman notables and a woman from the influential nomadic tribe of Ben Ghana, the son of the privileged Turkish- Arab leadership of the country. Ahmed Bey worked in various offices in the administration of Beyliks until he was in 1826 appointed himself Bey. Ahmed Bey spent some time in Egypt during the reforms under Mehmed Ali Pasha.

During the landing of the French at Algiers, he commanded the contingent of Constantine and retired after losing back to the city to excavate new troops. He was assisted by the local elites from tribal leaders and the Islamic clergy. His rule was legitimized public by these groups through a fixed written charter, which tied the Bey to different laws. After the fall of Deyliks of Algiers, he founded his Beylik a reformed administration, primarily based at Council meetings of the local notables. In 1831 he successfully struck down a revolt by nomadic tribes. 1836 had to retreat to Algiers 8,700 French soldiers after losses of several thousand men, and an unsuccessful siege of Constantine. His repeated appeals to the Ottoman sultan to come to his aid were rejected. 1837, the city finally fell after a new siege. The Bey was captured in 1847 by the French armed forces.

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