Caids of Bordj Sebaou

The fortress of Bordj Sebaou, founded in 1720, became the centre of Ottoman Turkish military administration in the Sebaou River valley in western Kabylie. It was commanded by a succession of caids, who administered the region:

• Ali Khodja (founder of Bordj Sebaou) - 1720
• Mahmoud - 1724
• Hassine Ben Othmane Khodja (uncle of his successor) - 1737
• Mohammed Ben Ali "Ed Dhebbah (The Butcherer)" - 1737-1745
• Mohammed Ben Hassane - 1747
• Hassane Khodja - 1748-1752
• M'hammed Ben Hassane, killed by the Flissa in 1768
• Mohammed Frira, son of Mohammed Ben Ali - 1768-1770 (d. 1799)
• Softa (killed by the Ouled Nail in 1772, after becoming bey of Titteri)
• Hassane Ben Abdellah, killed by the Flissa in 1794
• Slimane, d. 1815
• Mustapha Ben Hassane Softa - 1818
• Brahim Ben Youb - 1819-1820
• Smail Ben Mostefa, killed by M'hammed Oukaci in 1820
• Othmane Ben Hassane (who killed Ali Ben El-Haffaf) - 1820-1823
• Hassane Ben Lahbib - 1823-1825
• Mustapha Ben Hassane Softa (2nd time) - 1825-?
• M'hammed Ben Mustefa - ?-1830, when Ottoman rule in Algeria ended.

This list is incomplete, and data is often missing, particularly on the years; when only one year is given, it just means that the caid is known to have occupied the post in that year, without prejudice to his starting or ending dates.

References

• Mohamed Seghir Feredj, Histoire de Tizi-Ouzou, En.A.P, Algiers 1990, p. 234.