| Campaign of Tlemcen (1557) | |||||||
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| Part of Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Marinid_and_Saadi_Dynasty_(1258-1420)_(1554-1659).svg){kind=small} Saadi Sultanate |
 Regency of Algiers &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Drapeau_Royaume_Ait_Abbas_(Beni_Abb%C3%A8s).svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Beni Abbas[1][2] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mohammed ash-Sheikh | Hasan Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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30,000 horsemen 10,000 infantrymen 4,000 musketeers |
6,000 musketeers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Algeria_relief_location_map.jpg)  Battle of Tlemcen (1557) 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]
- ^ Hugh Roberts, Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria , IB Tauris , 2014, p. 195
- ^ Gaïd, Mouloud (1975). L'Algérie sous les Turcs (Algeria under the Turks) (in French). Maison tunisienne de l'édition.
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Algeria By Phillip C. Naylor
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