Tribe of the modern area of Algeria
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The Banu Rashid were a tribe of the modern area of Algeria, near the city of Oran. They entered into sporadic alliance with Spain, when faced with the threat of Ottoman expansion.[1] In 1535 the Banu Rashid helped the Zayyanids defeat a Spanish expedition against Tlemcen.[2]
The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Center of the World. Barnaby Rogerson. Harry N. Abrams
“Just a year after his arrival, in 1535, he had sent an army port another client Zayyanid prince trying to claim the throne of Tlemcen. This had not proved as easy as the attack on the elder Barbarossa brother, when the Spaniards had enjoyed the support of many of the local tribes. On their way back the Spanish expeditionary force were pinned down within the fortress of Tibda. Isolated from assistance, they had been overwhelmed by the Beni Rashid tribe. Only seventy men who were taken prisoner survive”
