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 "id": "event/battle-mostaganem-965",
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 "slug": "battle-mostaganem-965",
 "label": {
  "ar": "معركة مستغانم (٩٦٥هـ/١٥٥٨م)",
  "en": "Battle of Mostaganem (965/1558)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "أدرك الكونت دي الكوديت حاكم وهران أن استرجاع العثمانيين لتلمسان يهدد الوجود الأسباني تهديداً خطيراً، فأعد اثني عشر ألف مقاتل وخرج على رأسها لمهاجمة مستغانم — قاعدة العثمانيين للهجوم على وهران — راجياً أن يجعلها قاعدة للهجوم على الجزائر؛ فباءت محاولته بالفشل وتكبدت القوات الأسبانية في ذي القعدة ٩٦٥هـ/أغسطس ١٥٥٨م خسائر فادحة وكان الكوديت من بين القتلى {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}.",
  "en": "Seeing the Ottoman recovery of Tlemcen as a mortal threat, the Count of Alcaudete led twelve thousand men against Mostaganem — the Ottoman base against Oran — hoping to make it his own base against Algiers; the attempt failed, the Spanish force suffered heavy losses in Dhu'l-Qa'da 965/August 1558, and the count himself was among the dead {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}."
 },
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 "regions": [
  "maghreb"
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 "span": {
  "earliest": 1558.580189873851,
  "latest": 1558.665064991036
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  "start": {
   "edtf": "1558-08",
   "hijri": "0965-11",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "sources": [
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   ]
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  "end": {
   "edtf": "1558-08",
   "hijri": "0965-11",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
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    "edtf": "1558-08",
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    "status": "tradition",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الدولة العثمانية لعلي محمد الصلابي (ط1 1421) ص 246",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
   "model": "SWE-2 Medium",
   "run": "salabi-uthmani-batch13"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "هجوم حاكم وهران الأسباني على مستغانم في ذي القعدة ٩٦٥هـ/أغسطس ١٥٥٨م {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الحساب والهزيمة",
     "markdown": "أدرك [[person/conde-de-alcaudete|الكونت دي الكوديت]] أن استرجاع العثمانيين تلمسان يهدد الوجود الأسباني، فخرج باثني عشر ألف مقاتل ليأخذ مستغانم قاعدة العثمانيين على وهران ويجعلها قاعدته على الجزائر؛ فباءت محاولته بالفشل بخسائر فادحة وكان هو من بين القتلى {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}."
    }
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   },
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  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "The Spanish governor of Oran's attack on Mostaganem, Dhu'l-Qa'da 965/August 1558 {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The reckoning and the rout",
     "markdown": "Seeing the Ottoman recovery of Tlemcen as a mortal threat, the [[person/conde-de-alcaudete|Count of Alcaudete]] led twelve thousand men to take Mostaganem — the Ottoman base against Oran — and make it his own against Algiers; the attempt failed with heavy losses and he was among the dead {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}."
    }
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    "id": "event/battle-mostaganem-965",
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     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "وهران کے ہسپانوی گورنر کا مستغانم پر حملہ، ذوالقعدہ 965ھ/اگست 1558ء {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حساب اور شکست",
     "markdown": "[[person/conde-de-alcaudete|کونت دے الکودیت]] نے تلمسان کی عثمانی واپسی کو جان لیوا خطرہ سمجھا اور بارہ ہزار فوج لے کر مستغانم — وهران پر حملے کا عثمانی مرکز — پر چڑھائی کی تاکہ اسے الجزائر پر اپنا مرکز بنائے؛ کوشش ناکام ہوئی، بھاری نقصان ہوا اور وہ خود ہلاکوں میں تھا {cite:dawlat-uthmaniyya-salabi p. 246}۔"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "ur",
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    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
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  "event/siege-of-malta-1565",
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