Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes (1559)

The Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes took place in October 1559. It opposed the regency of Algiers and its ally of circumstance the Kingdom of Kuku to the Kingdom of Ait Abbas.

Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes (1559)

Historic map of Kingdom Beni Abbès and Koukou.
DateJanuary–February 1559
Location
Result Peace with the Regency of Algiers
• Maintaining the Kingdom of the Beni Abbes
• withdrawal of the regency of Algiers Army
Territorial
changes
No change
Belligerents

Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Supported by:

Flag of Spanish Empire Spanish empire
Regency of Algiers
Flag of Kingdom of Kuku Kuku (Ally)
Commanders and leaders
Abdelaziz Labbes  
Ahmed Amokrane
Hasan Bacha
Flag of Kingdom of Kuku Sultan Ben El Kadi
Strength
Kingdom of Ait Abbas :
4000 infantry
5000 cavaliers
Spanish reinforcements : 1000 man
Regency of Algiers :
3000 arquebusiers
2000 Janissaries
500 spahis
6 000 Arab cavaliers
Kingdom of Kuku :
1500 infantry
300 cavaliers
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, but high

Hassan Pasha ordered an expedition against the capital of the kingdom, the Kalâa of Ait Abbas, to take revenge on the expedition of Sultan Abdelaziz of Kalaa, which had destroyed the forts of Medjana and Bordj Bou Arreridj, in order to annihilate his influence. On the second day of the fighting, Sultan Abdelaziz was killed. His brother Sultan Ahmed Amokrane succeeded him, and his soldiers maintained their position. After eight days, Hassan Pasha, seeing that his position had not evolved, and his army was experiencing losses every day, as well as difficulties related to the terrain, had to retreat.[1][2] Nevertheless, the Turks returned to Algiers with the head of the sultan Abdelaziz as a trophy[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b a et b Adrien Berruger, Les époques militaires de la grande Kabylie, 1857, p. 98
  2. ^ Hugh Roberts, Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-Colonial Algeria, 2014, p. 192