Early Modern era · 1518

Fall of Tlemcen

The fall of Tlemcen occurred in 1518, when the Ottoman admiral Oruç Barbarossa captured the city of Tlemcen from its sultan, Abu Zayan, the last member of the Banu Zayan lineage.

Fall of Tlemcen
Fall of Tlemcen · Noureddine Gori, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
When
1518
Where
Tlemcen
Era
Early Modern

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Before and after

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