Salah Bey ben Mostefa (; 1725–1792), was the

bey Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in ...

of the

Beylik of Constantine The Beylik of Constantine (), Beylik of the Sunrise or Beylik of the East ( or ) 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 M� ...

in the

Deylik of Algiers The Regency of Algiers was an early modern semi-independent Ottoman province and nominal vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Reis (also known as the Barbaro ...

from 1771 to 1792. Salah Bey's governance is marked by a victorious participation against the

Invasion of Algiers (1775) The invasion of Algiers was a massive and disastrous amphibious attempt in July 1775 by a combined Spanish and Tuscan force to capture the city of Algiers, the capital of the Deylik of Algeria. The amphibious assault was led by Spanish gene ...

during the Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785) and his works of urban planning in Constantine. An example of remaining construction from his era is

Bab El Kantra Bridge Bab El Kantra Bridge is one of eight famous high-level bridges that cross the Rhumel River gorge in Constantine, Algeria. The Kantara bridge is the oldest and has taken several different forms over the years: from a 1792 Ottoman architecture, Ott ...

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* 1725 births 1792 deaths Turks from the Ottoman Empire Algerian people of Turkish descent Beys of Constantine, Algeria People from Constantine, Algeria 18th-century Algerian people Algerian military personnel Military personnel from İzmir {{Algeria-bio-stub

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