الصراع العسكري بين حكام إمارة تنس و العثمانيين في الغرب الجزائري 922-959هـ _1516-1552م

Abstract EN

The city of Tennes was important Since the beginning founding of the independent states of the Islamic Maghreb in general and the Middle Maghreb in specific and especially during the year 2AH/8AD.

the city of Tennes has been very important due to the commercial exchanges through its port which was considered as a link between some cities and towns of the Middle Maghreb, and some cities and towns of Andalusia.

Each of its rulers have worked hard to keep it under his control and in cas it was lost he did his best to get it back.

When the Zayani state started to decline and in the midst of the conflict between its princes, Tennes became the capital of a small principality including few close cites, its geographical borders starts from the Chlef Valley in the south and west, to the Mediterranean Sea in the north, to the outskirts of the city of Tipaza in the east.

and the Spaniards have managed to guarantee the allegiance of its rulers after supporting them financially.

When the brothers Arouj and Khairuddin came to Algeria, they dominated some of the easten cities in Algeria plus the city of Algiers, and they wanted to expand their domination towards the west to the city of Telemcan, but Tennes has been an obstacle in the way of their ambition for a long time, so the Ottomans had many wars with its rulers (some of those rulers were from the Zayani family while the latest ones were from the Sweden Arab's tribe).

In the end Tennes's rulers joined the Ottomans empire and they started to rule under their name.

Later on, Hamid Al-Abd who was a ruler of the city died, so the Ottomans took advantage of his death, and they appointed Safeh khelifi as a new ruler to the city (he was sent from the city of Algeries).

Despite the long revolution that was led by the Sweden Arab's tribe against the Ottomans to take the city back under their control, the Ottomans continued supporting its ruler who remained in power for more than ten years until he died.