The Battle of Guidjel, or Battle of Guedjal, was a battle between the regency of Algiers and feudal lords of the Beylik of Constantine, including Sheikh Ahmed ben Sakheri ben Bouokkaz, According to Ernest Mercier, Sheikh el Arab is one of the main lords of the Beylik of the East, at the head of the southern tribes (Hodna and Zibans): Ernest Mercier, Histoire de Constantine, 1903, of the Beylik and Betka-el-Moqrani, Sultan of the Beni Abbès .
Description The battle took place in 1638, in the context of a challenge to the authority of the regency of Algiers by tribal and feudal chiefs from eastern Algeria, known as the "Ben Sakheri Revolt". The battle pitted a coalition of tribes, including nomads, against each other, who inflicted a severe defeat on the armies of the Bey of Constantine and reinforcements from Algiers.Louis Rinn, Histoire de l’insurrection de 1871, 1891, Pierre Boyer, « Contribution à l'étude de la politique religieuse des Turcs dans la régence d'Alger (XVIe - XIXe siècle) », Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée, 1966, Revue africaine, Numéros 55 à 66, La Société, 1866, , en ligne
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