Campaign of Tlemcen (1557)

For the 1551 military operation, see Campaign of Tlemcen (1551).
Campaign of Tlemcen (1557)
Part of Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
Date1557
Location
Tlemcen, Algeria
34°52′58″N 01°19′00″W / 34.88278°N 1.31667°W / 34.88278; -1.31667
Result Algerian victory[3]
Belligerents
Saadi Sultanate Regency of Algiers
Kingdom of Beni Abbas[1][2]
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed ash-Sheikh Hasan Pasha
Strength
30,000 horsemen
10,000 infantrymen
4,000 musketeers

6,000 musketeers

16,000 infantrymen
Casualties and losses
Heavy Heavy
Battle of Tlemcen (1557) is located in Algeria
Battle of Tlemcen (1557)
Battle of Tlemcen (1557)
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Location of the battle of Tlemcen (1557) in Algeria.

The Campaign of Tlemcen or Tlemcen campaign was a military operation led by the Saadians of Mohammed ash-Sheikh against Tlemcen in 1557, then under the domination of the Regency of Algiers, a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. Mohammed ash-Sheikh, who wanted to conquer Algeria, occupied the city but failed to seize the Mechouar Palace, which was defended by a garrison of 500 men under the command of Caïd Saffa.[4][5]

  1. ^ Hugh Roberts, Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria , IB Tauris , 2014, p.  195
  2. ^ Gaïd, Mouloud (1975). L'Algérie sous les Turcs (Algeria under the Turks) (in French). Maison tunisienne de l'édition.
  3. ^ Historical Dictionary of Algeria By Phillip C. Naylor
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Grammont was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ General History of Africa: Africa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Heinemann.