Battle of er-Rias

Battle of er Rias
Part of Siege of Béjaïa (1326-1329)
Date1329
Location
Result Zayyanid Victory.
Belligerents
Hafsid Dynasty Kingdom of Tlemcen
Commanders and leaders
Abu Yahya Abu Bakr II Yahya Ibn Moussa
Mohamed Ibn Abu Amran
Omar Ibn Hamza
Units involved
unknown unknown

The Battle of er-Rias took place in 1329, in er-Rias near a town named Mermadjenna in the land of the Hawwars.[1] It was fought between the troops of the Hafsid caliph, Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, and the army of the Zayanid sultan, Abu Tashfîn, commanded by Yahya Ibn Moussa and Omar Ibn Hamza (leader of the nomadic tribes of Ifriqiya) as well as the Hafsid prince Mohamed Ibn Abu Umran, who had been the governor of Tripoli. The prince was declared caliph of the Hafsids and the army marched east.

  1. ^ Hoefer (1873). Histoire de la zoologie : depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a nos jours [History of Zoology: From the Most Distant Times to Our Days]. Paris: Librairie Hachette. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.147878.