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Template:Military conflict information The "Battle of Wadi Al-Laban" took place in March and April 1558 ad (about 965 Ah ) In the region of Taissa (Morocco) / Taissa (taunat region - currently) north of the city of Fez between Saadian dynasty led by Abdullah Al-Ghalib and Ottoman forces under the command of Hasan Pasha Ibn khayreddin Barbaros / Hassan Pasha, son of khayreddin Barbaros / khayreddin Barbarossa.<ref>{{citation بكتاب|مسار=https://books.google.gr/books?id=0bg6D_4BTR8C&lpg=PA58&ots=sxviOrsJ8W&dq=laban%20arabic%20meaning&hl=el&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false%7Cعنوان=Investigating

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+{{Military conflict information
-{{Short description|1558 battle in Morocco}}
+| Name of the conflict = Battle of the valley of milk
-{{Infobox military conflict
+| Image = Conqu%C3%AAtes_des_Saadiens-es.svg
-| conflict          = Battle of Wadi al-Laban
-| image             =
+| Comment =
-| caption           =
+| Coordinates =
+| Type_map = Morocco
-| partof            =
+| Map_terrain =
-| map_type          = Morocco
+| Line_view = 34.3
-| coordinates       = {{coord|34.3|-4.9|type:event|display=inline}}
+| Line_length = -4.9
-| map_caption       = Location of the battle of Wadi al-Laban in [[Morocco]].
-| map_size          = 300
+| Map size_map = 300
+| Size_mark =
-| map_label         = Battle of Wadi al-Laban
+| Comment_map = location of the Battle of Wadi el Laban in [[Morocco]]
-| date              = March–April 1558
+| Title_map = Battle of the valley of milk
-| place             = [[Wadi al-Laban]], [[Morocco]]
+| Part of = [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Saadian state / Saadian dynasty]]
-| result            = Inconclusive
+| Date = March-April 1558
-| combatant1        = [[Saadi Sultanate]]
+| Place = Wadi el Laban-north of Fez city
-| combatant2        = {{flagicon|Regency of Algiers}} [[Ottoman Algeria|Regency of Algiers]]
+| Result = the victory of the Moroccan troops.
-| commander1        = [[Abdallah al-Ghalib]]
+| combatant1 = [[file: Flag of Morocco (1258-1659).svg|22px]] [[holy Sultanate|Holy Empire]]
-| commander2        = [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]]
+| combatant2 = {{image of the flag symbol|Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844-1922).svg}} [[Ottoman Empire]]
-| strength1         = Unknown
+* {{Image of the flag symbol|Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg}} [[eyalet of Algeria]]
-| strength2         = Unknown
+| commander1 = [[file: Flag of Morocco (1258-1659).svg|22px]] [[Abdullah Al-Ghalib]]
-| casualties1       = Unknown
+| commander2 = {{image of the flag symbol|Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844-1922).svg}} [[Suleiman the magnificent]]<br / >{{image of the flag symbol|Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg}} [[Hasan Pasha Ibn khayreddin Barbaros / Hasan Pasha]]
-| casualties2       = Unknown
+| strength1 = {{image of the flag symbol|Flag_of_Morocco_(1258-1659).svg}}30,000 cavalry<br | >{{image of the flag symbol / Flag_of_Morocco_(1258-1659).svg}}14,000 infantry
-| campaignbox       = {{Campaignbox Algerian-Cherifian wars}}
+| strength2 = {{image of the flag symbol|Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844-1922).svg}} 5,000 infantry<br / >{{image of the flag symbol|Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg}} 17,000 infantry
+| casualties1 = [[file: Flag of Morocco (1258-1659).svg|22px]] unknown
+| casualties2 = {{image of the flag symbol|Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg}} unknown<br / >{{image of flag symbol|Flag of Ottoman Algiers.svg}} unknown|
 }}
+The "Battle of Wadi Al-Laban" took place in March and April 1558 ad (about [[965 Ah|965 Ah]] ) In the region of [[Taissa (Morocco) / Taissa]] ([[taunat region]] - currently) north of the city of [[Fez]] between [[Saadian state|Saadian dynasty]] led by [[Abdullah Al-Ghalib]] and Ottoman forces under the command of [[Hasan Pasha Ibn khayreddin Barbaros / Hassan Pasha]], son of [[khayreddin Barbaros / khayreddin Barbarossa]].<ref>{{citation بكتاب|مسار=https://books.google.gr/books?id=0bg6D_4BTR8C&lpg=PA58&ots=sxviOrsJ8W&dq=laban%20arabic%20meaning&hl=el&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false|عنوان=Investigating
-The '''Battle of Wadi al-Laban''' ({{Lang-ar|معركة وادي اللبن}}) occurred in March–April 1558 between [[Saadians]] and [[Regency of Algiers|Ottoman Algerian]] forces under [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]], the son of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]]. It took place north of [[Fes]], at Wadi al-Laban, an affluent of the [[Sebou River]], one day north of Fes.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" />
-== Background ==
-This conflict took place in a context of tensions between Algeria and Morocco.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Véronne|first=Chantal de La|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HibLDwAAQBAJ&dq=%C3%A0%2C+le+pr%C3%A9tendant+Wa%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%AD%C4%81sside+put+avoir+l%E2%80%99aide+des+Alg%C3%A9riens+contre+le+ch%C3%A9rif+et%2C+avec+4+%C3%A0+5.000+hommes+command%C3%A9s+par+%E1%B9%A2%C4%81la%E1%B8%A5+Rais&pg=PT19|title=Histoire sommaire des Sa'diens au Maroc: La première dynastie chérifienne, 1511-1659|date=1997-01-01|publisher=FeniXX réédition numérique|isbn=978-2-307-06107-6|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Cour|first=Auguste|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5JQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|title=L'établissement des dynasties des Chérifs au Maroc et leur rivalité avec les Turcs de la Régence d'Alger, 1509-1830|date=2004-09-10|publisher=Editions Bouchène|isbn=978-2-35676-097-5|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Péchot|first=L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-r2BAAAAIAAJ&q=Au+commencement+de+D%C3%A9cembre+,+l'arm%C3%A9e+marocaine+vaincue+bat+en+retraite+sur+Fez+.+1554+.+-+-+Dans+les+premiers+jours+de+Janvier+,+sous+les+murs+de+Fez,+l'arm%C3%A9e+alg%C3%A9rienne+livre+%C3%A0+l'arm%C3%A9e+ch%C3%A9rifienne+plusieurs+batailles+qui+lui+assurent+la+possession+de+la+capitale.|title=Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord avant 1830: précédée de la géographie physique et politique de la Tunisie, de l'Algérie et du Maroc|date=1914|publisher=Gojosso|language=fr}}</ref> [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha son]] of [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], the ruler of the [[Regency of Algiers]] on behalf of the [[Ottoman Empire]], captured Fes from the [[Saadians]] in early 1554 and installed a [[Wattasid dynasty|Wattasid]] client. The Saadian ruler [[Mohammed al-Shaykh]] recaptured the city later that year.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" /> Following the return of the Saadians, numerous conflicts broke out between Algeria and Morocco, which tried to annex the Algerian city of [[Tlemcen]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=De La Veronne|first=Chantal|date=1973|title=Relations entre le Maroc et la Turquie dans la seconde moitié du XVIe siècle et le début du XVIIe siècle (1554-1616)|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/remmm_0035-1474_1973_num_15_1_1258|journal=Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée|volume=15|issue=1|pages=391–401|doi=10.3406/remmm.1973.1258}}</ref> Mohammed al-Shaykh subsequently sought an alliance with the [[Spain|Spaniards]] who were occupying [[Oran]] at the time and were fighting the Ottomans as well, but the agreement failed to materialize.
-[[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Hasan Pasha]], the son of Barbarossa, was reappointed ''[[beylerbey]]'' of Algiers by the Ottoman sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman I]] in June 1557. The Ottomans sent the Saadian sultan an embassy demanding he recognize the overlordship of the Ottoman sultan, which Mohammed al-Shaykh refused.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" /> Mohammed al-Shaykh was then assassinated in October 1557 by Turkish officers sent by Istanbul and entered into Saadian service under the pretense of being deserters. He was succeeded by [[Abdallah al-Ghalib]].<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" />
-Meanwhile, the Saadians had occupied Tlemcen in 1556 but failed to capture the [[El Mechouar Palace|Machouar palace]] while the Ottoman Algerians were busy besieging the Spaniards in Oran. After Mohammed al-Shaykh's death, Hasan Pasha marched west, forcing the Saadians to abandon Tlemcen.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" />
-== Battle ==
-Led by Hasan Pasha, the Ottoman force pursued the retreating Saadian army into Morocco.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Konstam |first=Angus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrShDAAAQBAJ&dq=battle+of+wady+al+laban&pg=PA25 |title=The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries |date=2016-08-25 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-1544-6 |language=en}}</ref> An indecisive battle between the two sides took place in Wadi al-Laban to the north of [[Fes|Fez]] in early 1558.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157">{{Cite book |last=Abun-Nasr |first=Jamil M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&dq=battle+wadi+al-laban&pg=PA158 |title=A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-521-33767-0 |pages=157–158 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Konstam |first=Angus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6AGGDAAAQBAJ&dq=battle+wadi+al-laban&pg=PA25 |title=The Barbary Pirates 15th-17th Centuries |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4728-1545-3 |pages=25 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stapleton |first=Timothy J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvtDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 |title=A Military History of Africa [3 volumes] |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-313-39570-3 |pages=36 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Black |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkdKEAAAQBAJ&dq=battle+wadi+al-laban&pg=PT58 |title=A Brief History of the Atlantic |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-4721-4590-1 |language=en}}</ref>
-== Aftermath ==
-After the battle, Hasan Pasha decided to retreat upon hearing of Spanish preparations for an offensive from [[Oran]] in Western Algeria.<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" /><ref name="Julien1970">{{cite book|author=Charles André Julien|title=History of North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, from the Arab Conquest to 1830|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYZyAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Routledge & K. Paul|isbn=978-0-7100-6614-5|page=296}}</ref> He embarked with his troops at the port of [[Qassasa]] in northern Morocco, just west of [[Melilla]], and from there sailed to [[Algiers]] to prepare a defense against the Spaniards, who soon attacked in the [[Expedition of Mostaganem (1558)|Mostaganem expedition]].<ref name="Abun-Nasr 157" />
-Some sources attribute a victory to either Hassan<ref name="EI">{{cite book |author=Yver |first=G. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd5VonTOppMC&pg=PA281 |title=First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 |publisher=Brill |year=1993 |isbn=978-90-04-09796-4 |pages=281 |language=en |chapter=Hasan Pasha, Beylerbey of Algiers |orig-date=1927}}</ref> or Abdallah.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Véronne |first=Chantal de La |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ee8uAQAAIAAJ |title=Histoire sommaire des Sa'diens au Maroc: La première dynastie chérifienne, 1511-1659 |publisher=P. Geuthner |year=1997 |isbn=978-2-307-06107-6 |pages=37 |language=fr}}</ref> Abdallah al-Ghalib later sent an expedition against Tlemcen in 1560 but it was defeated.<ref name="Rogerson">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qm-y5iFbLIYC&pg=RA4-PA1575 The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World]. Barnaby Rogerson. Hachette UK.</ref><ref name="Hasan">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFMkAQAAIAAJ&q=1560+withdraw History of Islam: Classical period, 1206-1900 C.E.] Masudul Hasan. Adam Publishers & Distributers.</ref>
-==See also==
-*[[Conflicts between Ottoman Algeria and Morocco]]
-*[[Morocco-Ottoman relations]]
-==Notes==
-{{reflist}}
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-[[Category:Conflicts in 1558|Wadi al-Laban]]
-[[Category:Battles involving the Ottoman Empire|Wadi al-Laban]]
-[[Category:Battles involving Morocco|Wadi al-Laban]]
-[[Category:Suleiman the Magnificent]]
-[[Category:1558 in the Ottoman Empire]]
-[[Category:16th century in Morocco]]
-[[Category:16th century in Algeria]]
-[[Category:1558 in Africa]]