Spanish Oran

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Spanish Oran
Orán español (Spanish)
وهران الاسبانية (Arabic)
1509–1708
1732–1792
Flag of Spanish Oran
Flag
Present-day borders of Oran
Present-day borders of Oran
StatusTerritory of the Spanish Empire
CapitalOran
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Sunni Islam (Majority)
History 
1509
• Algerian reconquest
1708
1732
• 
1792
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
1509
Kingdom of Tlemcen
1732
Deylik of Algiers
1708
Deylik of Algiers
1792
Deylik of Algiers
Today part ofAlgeria

Spanish Oran (Arabic: وهران الاسبانية‎; Spanish: Orán español) was a territory of the Spanish Empire as a result of the Conquest of Oran.

History[]

The conquest was carried out by the Spanish Empire on the Algerian Kingdom of Tlemcen. The expedition was carried out 80 naos and 10 galleys which carried about 8,000-12,000 infantry men and 3,000-4,000 cavalry men.[1]

The territory was lost to Bey Mustapha Bin Youssef[2] who took advantage of the War of Spanish Succession, to besiege the city in 1707. The city fell in 1708.[3][4]

In 1732, Spanish forces recaptured Oran under José Carrilo de Albornoz and maintained control for the next six decades.[5]

In 1790, forces of the Deylik of Algeria under took advantage of an earthquake and . In 1792 the Spanish troops retreated from the city ending Spanish rule over the city.[6][7]

The town stayed under Algerian control until 1831, when it was conquered by the Kingdom of France.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Fernández Duro 1895, p. 73.
  2. ^ "Le sépulcre du Bey Bouchelaghem (16?? - 1734) : PATRIMOINE EN PÉRIL". Algerie network Blog (in French). 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. ^ Terki Hassaine, Ismet (2004-06-30). "Oran au xviiie siècle : du désarroi à la clairvoyance politique de l'Espagne". Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales (in French) (23–24): 197–222. doi:10.4000/insaniyat.5625. ISSN 1111-2050.
  4. ^ Epalza, Miguel de; Vilar, Juan Bautista (1988). Planos y mapas hispánicos de Argelia: siglos XVI-XVII (in French). Instituto Hispano-Arabe de Cultura. ISBN 978-84-7472-081-5.
  5. ^ Chitour, Chems-Eddine (1998). Algérie: le passé revisité (in French). Casbah Editions. ISBN 978-9961-64-100-2.
  6. ^ "Notice sur le Bey d'Oran, Mohammed el Kebir Revue africaine| Bulletin de la Société historique algérienne". revueafricaine.mmsh.univ-aix.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  7. ^ Terki Hassaine, Ismet (2004-06-30). "Oran au xviiie siècle : du désarroi à la clairvoyance politique de l'Espagne". Insaniyat / إنسانيات. Revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales (in French) (23–24): 197–222. doi:10.4000/insaniyat.5625. ISSN 1111-2050.
  8. ^ Brassey, Earl Thomas Brassey (1895). Voyages and Travels of Lord Brassey: ... from 1862 to 1894. Longmans, Green.
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