battle, early modern

Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes

Name: Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes
Location: Kalâa of Ait Abbas, Algeria

Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes was a battle fought in 1559 at Kalâa of Ait Abbas, in what is now Algeria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kalâa of Ait Abbas. The recorded result: Peace with the Regency of Algiers; • Maintaining the Kingdom of the Beni Abbes; • withdrawal of the regency of Algiers Army.

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Fought1559

WhereKalâa of Ait Abbas, Algeria36.296N, 4.581E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePeace with the Regency of Algiers; • Maintaining the Kingdom of the Beni Abbes; • withdrawal of the regency of Algiers Army

BelligerentsKingdom of Ait Abbas; Supported by: 23px|Flag of Spanish Empire Spanish Empireagainst20px Regency of Algiers; Kuku (Ally)

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown, but high

Record

Date	1559 (year precision) to 1559
Place	Kalâa of Ait Abbas, Algeria 36.296N, 4.581E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	No change
Strength	Kingdom of Ait Abbas : 4,000 infantry; 5,000 cavaliers; Spanish reinforcements : 1,000 man	Regency of Algiers : 3,000 arquebusiers; 2,000 Janissaries; 500 spahis; 6,000 Arab cavaliers; Kingdom of Kuku : 1,500 infantry; 300 cavaliers
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown, but high
Commanders	Abdelaziz Ou Abbas Ahmed Ait Mokran	Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)

Placed at Kalâa of Ait Abbas; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Raf-Raf 1959, 35 km SW
Battle of Aït Aziz 1857, 36 km N
Siege of Kalâa des Beni Abbès 1590, 39 km NE
Battle of Helia 1956, 44 km NE
Battle of Tizi Ouzou 1845, 50 km NW

Elsewhere in 1559

Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 130 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18213916, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes (1559), revision 1372946715, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.