The Banu Rashid were a tribe of the modern area of Algeria, near the city of Oran. They entered into sporadic alliance with Spain, when faced with the threat of Ottoman expansion.[1] In 1535 the Banu Rashid helped the Zayyanids defeat a Spanish expedition against Tlemcen.[2]
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edit- ^ Africa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century by Bethwell A. Ogot p.238
- ^ The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Center of the World. Barnaby Rogerson. Harry N. Abrams “Just a year after his arrival , in 1535 , he had sent an army port another client Zayyanid prince trying to claim the throne of Tlemcen . This had not proved as easy as the attack on the elder Barbarossa brother , when the Spaniards had enjoyed the support of many of the local tribes . On their way back the Spanish expeditionary force were pinned down within the fortress of Tibda . Isolated from assistance , they had been overwhelmed by the Beni Rashid tribe . Only seventy men who were taken prisoner survive”
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