battle, early modern

Battle of Tlemcen

Name: Battle of Tlemcen
Location: Tlemcen, Algeria

Battle of Tlemcen was a battle fought in 1700 at Tlemcen, in what is now Algeria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tlemcen. It was part of the Maghrebi War, which ran from 1699 to 1702. The recorded result: Algerian victory. Recorded strength: 12,000 men against 60,000 men.

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Fought1700

WhereTlemcen, Algeria34.883N, 1.317W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAlgerian victory

BelligerentsRegency of Algiersagainst23px Alawi Sultanate

Part ofMaghrebi War1699 to 1702

Record

Date	1700 (year precision)
Place	Tlemcen, Algeria 34.883N, 1.317W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	12,000 men	60,000 men
Commanders	Hadj Moustapha	Ismail Ibn Sharif

Placed at Tlemcen; 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

Siege of Tlemcen 1335, same recorded site
Siege of Tlemcen 1299, 0.1 km N
Battle of Sikkak 1836, 22 km N
Battle of Isly 1844, 60 km W
Battle of Magoura 1871, 77 km S

In the same war

After: Battle of Chelif 28 April 1701

Elsewhere in 1700

Battle of Tlemcen is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 130 in present-day Algeria.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q122830159, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tlemcen (1700), revision 1370591149, 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.