Capture of Algiers (1516)

For other battles in the same place, see Battle of Algiers.
Algiers expedition (1516)

City of Algiers in the 16th century, by Georg Braun
DateSeptember/October 1516[1]
Location
Algiers
Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Algiers
Flag of Kingdom of Kuku Kingdom of Kuku[1]		 Flag of Spanish Empire Spanish Empire
Sheikh of Ténès
Commanders and leaders
Oruç Reis
Sidi Ahmed[1]
Hayreddin Barbarossa		 Diego de Vera
Sheikh of Ténès
Units involved
1,500 men[2][3] 10,000[4] or 15,000[5] men under Diego de Vera
10,000 Moors under the Sheikh of Ténès[6][7]
Total: 20-25,000 men
Casualties and losses
Very few 3,000 killed or wounded[8]
400 captured[9]
8,000 men lost in total[10]

The capture of Algiers in 1516 was accomplished by the brothers Oruç and Hayreddin Barbarossa against Sālim al-Tūmī, the ruler of the city of Algiers, which was followed by an unsuccessful military campaign by the Spanish Empire and the Sheikh of Ténès to overthrow the newly formed Sultanate of Algiers.

  1. ^ a b c Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria By Hugh Roberts “in late September/early October 1516, a Spanish expeditionary force commanded by Diego de Vera transported by a fleet of some 30 vessels came to the support of the beleaguered garrison on the Peñon by mounting a concerted attack on Algiers, only to be routed by a fierce counter-attack led by Aruj, supported by Ou l-Qadi’s forces”
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  10. ^ The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., Now First Collected: Miscellaneous works