Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Hammad ibn Buluggin

Ruler of the Hammadids

Hammad ibn Buluggin is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1015 and 1016: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Algeria (3), Tunisia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,182 km apart end to end, 394 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hammadid–Zirid War (4).

Hammadid capture of Béja (1015)Battle of Chelif RiverSiege of Qal'at Bani HammadBattle of AchirHammadid capture of Béja (1015)Battle of Chelif RiverSiege of Qal'at Bani HammadBattle of AchirAlgiersConstantineAnnabaBatnaSétifBiskraDjelfaBlidaChlefBéjaïa200 km36.050N, 5.250E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1015: 3 engagements3 in 10151016: 1 engagements10151016
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Hammadid capture of Béja (1015), 1015Battle of Chelif River, 1015Siege of Qal'at Bani Hammad, 1015Battle of Achir, 101610151016
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
May 1015Hammadid capture of Béja (1015)Béja, TunisiaHammadid victory
17 October 1015Battle of Chelif RiverOuarsenis, Algeria723 km WZirid victory
October 1015Siege of Qal'at Bani HammadQal'at Bani Hammad, Algeria318 km EHammadid victory
May 1016Battle of AchirAchir, Algeria141 km WHammadid victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.