Capture of Fez (1554)

Capture of Fez (1554)
Part of Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco and Ottoman Expeditions to Morocco
Date7 January 1554
Location
Qudyat-al-Mahali, Fez, Morocco
34°02′36″N 05°00′12″W / 34.04333°N 5.00333°W / 34.04333; -5.00333
Result Algerian victory[3]
• Fez is conquered
Territorial
changes
Fez becomes an Ottoman vassal[4]
Belligerents
Regency of Algiers
Kingdom of Kuku[1][2]
Saadi Sultanate
Commanders and leaders

Salah Rais

Ali Abu Hassun
Mohammed ash-Sheikh
Strength
6,000 musketeers
1,000 sipahis
4,000 Kabyle horsemen

or 4,000 men[5]
30,000 horsemen
10,000 infantrymen


or 20,000 men [5]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Conquest of Fez is located in Morocco
Conquest of Fez
Conquest of Fez
Location within Morocco

The Conquest of Fez or Capture of Fez took place in 1554 between the Algerian forces of Salah Rais and the ruler of the Saadi Sultanate, Mohammed ash-Sheikh.[4] The battle took place on 7 January at Qudyat-al-Mahali, a suburb near Fez and occurred after Salah Reis’ two previous victories against the Saadians, one at Taza and another at the Sebou river.[6][7][8] One of the objectives of the expedition is to restore Ali Abu Hassun, a Wattassid pretender, to the throne.

  1. ^ Kaddache, Mahfoud (1998). L'Algérie durant la période ottomane (in French). Office des publications universitaires. ISBN 978-9961-0-0099-1.
  2. ^ La Kalaa des Béni Abbès au XVIe siècle Youssef Benoudjit Dahlab
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Page 406, The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. 3: c. 1050-c. 1600 (Volume 3)
  5. ^ a b The Present State of the Empire of Morocco. Its Animals, Products, Climate, Soil, Cities, Ports, Provinces, Coins, Weights, and Measures. With the Language, Religion, Laws, Manners, Customs, and Character, of the Moors; the History of the Dynasties Since Edris; the Naval Force and Commerce of Morocco; and the Character, Conduct, and Views, Political and Commercial, of the Reigning Emperor. Translated from the French of M. Chenier. Vol. 1. [-2.], Volume 2
  6. ^ Abitbol, Michel. Histoire du Maroc. Tempus Perrin, 2014.
  7. ^ de Haëdo, Diego, and Henri-Delmas de Grammont. "Hassan Pacha, roi pour la deuxième fois et douzième." Histoire du Maghreb (1998): 125-133.
  8. ^ Buloz, François, Charles Buloz, Ferdinand Brunetière, Francis Charmes, René Doumic, and André Chaumeix, eds. [https://books.google.com/books?id=A9EETZ1yXdsCi | Revue des deux mondes. Vol. 140.] Au Bureau de la Revue des deux mondes, 1897.