Darqawiyya

Incidents in Constantine, Algeria led to the killing of Saleh Bey in 1792, a prominent administrative figure in the beylik, popular with the population.

[3] Where Muhammad ibn Al-Ahrash, a marabout from Morocco and leader of the Darqawiyyah Shadhili religious order, led the revolution in the Constantine region and controlled Jijel, Al-Qal and Al-Qala.

At a time when ibn Al-Ahrash was making his move in the east, the Darqawis in western Algeria joined the revolt and besieged Tlemcen, Sharif Darqawi led another rebellion, and even the Tijanis in Ain Madhi revolted against Ottoman rule, but were eventually defeated by the bey Osmane, who in turn was killed by Dey Hadj Ali.

[5] Between 1803 and 1805, al-Darqāwī played a key role in the rebellion in western Algeria, entangled in a conflict between the Turkish Bey in Oran and the fuqara in Tlemcen.

[6] Rooted in economic issues, the rebellion unfolded with Ibn al-Sharif, the Darqāwī leader, catalyzing a separation from Turkish rule.