Campaign of Tlemcen (1551)

Campaign of Tlemcen (1551)
	; The troops of the regency of Algiers allied to the kingdom of Beni Abbes marching towards Oranie (19th century engraving)
Date	January 1551
Location	Tlemcen34°52′58″N 01°19′00″W / 34.88278°N 1.31667°W
Result	Algerian victory
Territorial; changes	Direct rule established in Tlemcen ; ; The Moulouya river is imposed as the border;
Belligerents
Regency of Algiers ; Kingdom of Beni Abbas	Saadi Sultanate; Spanish Empire[citation needed]
Commanders and leaders
Hasan Pasha; Abdelaziz El Abbes	Mohammed al-Shaykh; Moulay Abdelkader † ; Moulay Abdallah; Count of Alcaudete[citation needed]
Units involved
Algerian forces:; 10,000 men; Abelaziz's forces:; 10,000 men; Total: 20,000	Saadian force: 10,000 infantry Saadian Prince Abd el Kader’s reinforcements: 22,000 mounted lancers ; Total: 32,000 or 40,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	Battle of Tlemcen (1551) class=notpageimage\| Location of the battle of Tlemcen (1551) in Algeria.

The Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) was a military operation led by the Regency of Algiers under Hasan Pasha and his ally Abdelaziz, following the capture of Tlemcen by the Saadi Sultanate in June 1550.

^ Le Maroc à travers les chroniques maritimes: De la préhistoire à 1873. Abdelkader Timoule. Sonir. “en 1551 les armées marocaines au - delà de la Moulouya , fleuve qui s'imposait dès lors comme frontière”
^ Ruff, Paul (1998). La domination espagnole à Oran sous le gouvernement du comte d'Alcaudete 1534-1558 [Spanish domination in Oran under the government of the Count of Alcaudete, 1534-1558] (in French). Éditions Bouchène. p. 143. ISBN 9782912946034. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)(paywall)