Caids of Bordj Sebaou

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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, brother 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.

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