Battle of Tadla
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| Battle of Tadla | |||||||
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| Part of Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Wattasid Dynasty | Saadi Dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ali Abu Hassun † | Muhammad al-Shaykh | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
  Battle of Tadla Location of the Battle of Tadla | |||||||
The Battle of Tadla occurred in September 1554 in Tadla, Morocco, between Ali Abu Hassun, last ruler of the Wattasid dynasty, and Mohammed ash-Sheikh, ruler of the Saadis.
In 1545 the Wattasid ruler in northern Morocco, Abu Hassun, submitted to the Ottoman sultan and declared himself an Ottoman vassal, but the Ottomans were unable to intervene when the Wattasids lost Fez to their southern Saadian rivals under Mohammed ash-Sheikh.[1][2][3] Ali Abu Hassun fled to neighbouring Algiers, where he was offered asylum.[1]
Ali Abu Hassun was able with the help of the Ottomans under Salah Rais to reconquer Fes in 1554.[3] Ali Abu-Hassun was put in place as Sultan of Fez and a vassal of the Ottomans supported by the Janissaries and an Algerian army.[3] Ali Abu Hassun soon paid off the Algerian troops, and gave them the base of Peñon de Velez, which the Moroccans had reconquered from Spain in 1522.[3] Upon withdrawal, Salah Reis assured the Saadi ruler that he would grant his enemy Ali Abu Hassun no further assistance.[4]