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| date = 1516 |
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| combatant1 = [[File:F1_yellow_flag.svg|23px|Flag of Kingdom of Kuku]] [[Kingdom of Kuku]]<br>[[File:Flag (Sanjak) of Hayreddin Barbarossa.svg|10px]] Barbarossa brothers |
| combatant1 = [[File:F1_yellow_flag.svg|23px|Flag of Kingdom of Kuku]] [[Kingdom of Kuku]]<br>[[File:Flag (Sanjak) of Hayreddin Barbarossa.svg|10px]] Barbarossa brothers |
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 Kingdom of Kuku_of_Hayreddin_Barbarossa.svg?lang=en){kind=small} Barbarossa brothers | Principality of Cherchell | ||||||
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Oruç Reis Ahmad al-Kadi |
Kara Hassan  | ||||||
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5,000 Kabyles 800 Turks | Unknown | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Expedition to Cherchell was a joint operation by Ahmad al-Kadi and Arudj Reis who marched on Cherchell with an army of 5,000 Kabyles and 800 Turks to depose its ruler who had founded a small independent sovereignty.
In 1516 the locals of Algiers asked Arudj Reis to liberate them from the tribute payments set by the Spaniards.[1]
Arudj Reis set off with his ally, Ahmad al-Kadi and an army composed of 800 Turks and 5,000 Kabyle auxiliaries.[2][1] Instead of going straight to Algiers, they went to Cherchell where one of his Reis, Kara Hassan, had founded a small sovereignty.[3][1] Arudj Reis did not want to leave his flank defenceless, he seized the city, put its sovereign to death and left a garrison.[2][1]
Following the seizure of Cherchell, Arudj Reis and his ally Ahmad al-Kadi marched on Algiers and seized the city.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gürkan, Emrah Safa. "Ottoman Corsairs in The Western Mediterranean and their Place in The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry (1505-1535)." PhD diss., Bilkent Universitesi (Turkey), 2005. p.52
- ^ a b de Grammont, Henri-Delmas. "Chapitre Deuxième-Les Barberousse et la fondation de l’Odjeac." Histoire du Maghreb (2002): 41-46.
- ^ Boyer, P. "Aruj.(Arūdj-Aroudj)." Encyclopédie berbère 6 (1989): 940-943.