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- Maghreb
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In time
Summary
The Ottoman campaign against Oran in 963/1556, which did not take the city 1.
Preparation
After Ottoman intelligence uncovered the Sa'di-Spanish talks, Süleyman ordered Oran and Mers el-Kebir attacked and sent forty ships; Salih Reis thus had about seventy ships and forty thousand men 2.
The sailing and the siege
Salih Reis died of plague in Rajab 963, and the commander Yahya carried out his plan, sailing on Oran; en route came the sultanic order naming Hasan Corso beylerbey. Oran was closely besieged but not taken, for Spain's continuous relief 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Salih Reis· Hasan Corso
- Occurred at
- Wahran
People and things also explored
the Count of Alcaudete· Algiers· Hasan Corso· Salih Reis· Ottoman entry into Fez (964/1554)· Recovery of Badis from Spain (964/1554)· Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir (971/1563)· Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 243-244
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 243
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Siege of Oran (963/1556)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/siege-of-oran-1556/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.