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Mahmud Safa Bak

محمود صفا بك

Commander of the Ottoman garrison at Tlemcen; he held out against Muhammad al-Shaykh's army, which had entered the city unawares while the Ottoman fleet was away, until the Sa'di attack was contained 1.

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military
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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Summary

Commander of the Ottoman garrison at Tlemcen 1.

The stand

When Muhammad al-Shaykh's army entered Tlemcen unawares, his garrison held against the Sa'dis until the attack was contained 1.

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Opposed
Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di
Participated in
the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)

People and things also explored

the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di· Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di· Abdallah al-Ghalib bi'llah al-Sa'di· Bu Hasun al-Wattasi· Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dhahabi al-Sa'di· al-Muzawwar b. Bu Ghannam· Salih Reis

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 244
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the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)

With the Ottoman fleet sailed for Istanbul, Muhammad al-Shaykh sent his armies on Tlemcen — whose men had joined the mujahidun in the attempt on Oran — and entered it unawares, setting over it the commander Ibn Ghannam, chief of Bani Rashid; but the Ottoman garrison under Mahmud Safa Bak held until the attack was contained.