Capture of Fez (1554)

Capture of Fez (1554)
	Part of Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco and Ottoman Expeditions to Morocco
Date	7 January 1554
Location	Qudyat-al-Mahali, Fez, Morocco34°02′36″N 05°00′12″W / 34.04333°N 5.00333°W
Result	Algerian victory; • Fez is conquered
Territorial; changes	Fez becomes an Ottoman vassal
Belligerents
Ottoman Algeria ; Kingdom of Kuku	Saadi Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Salah Rais	Mohammed ash-Sheikh
Strength
6,000 musketeers; 1,000 sipahis; 4,000 Kabyle horsemen ; ; or 4,000 men	30,000 horsemen; 10,000 infantrymen ; ; ; or 20,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	Conquest of Fez class=notpageimage\| 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]

^ Kaddache, Mahfoud (1998). L'Algérie durant la période ottomane (in French). Office des publications universitaires. ISBN 978-9961-0-0099-1.
^ La Kalaa des Béni Abbès au XVIe siècle Youssef Benoudjit Dahlab
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^ ^a ^b Page 406, The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. 3: c. 1050-c. 1600 (Volume 3)
^ ^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
^ Abitbol, Michel. Histoire du Maroc. Tempus Perrin, 2014.
^ de Haëdo, Diego, and Henri-Delmas de Grammont. "Hassan Pacha, roi pour la deuxième fois et douzième." Histoire du Maghreb (1998): 125-133.
^ 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.

[Kaddache_1998-1] 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

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[auto-4] Page 406, The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. 3: c. 1050-c. 1600 (Volume 3)

[books.google.co.uk-5] 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

[Abitbol-6] Abitbol, Michel. Histoire du Maroc. Tempus Perrin, 2014.

[7] 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.

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