Since the late 17th century the
Algerians were able to gain possession and recognition of sovereignty over a portion of eastern
Morocco around
Oujda, initially after a set of victories against the Moroccan Sultan
Ismail Ibn Sharif in engagements such as the
Battle of Moulouya and the
Siege of Oran, in which the
Deylik of Algiers and
Spain cooperated against
Morocco.[1][2][3] Upon the proclamation of the Moroccan Sultan
Moulay Slimane, the
Bey of
OranMohammed el-Kebier, after succeeding in liberating
Oran from
Spanish occupation, crossed into Moroccan territory under the pretext of preparing the siege of
Melilla. Later developments proved, however, that the siege of this fortress was but a cover for the territorial ambitions of the Bey.[4]
Capture
In 1792 the
Algerians managed to conquer and take control of the eastern
Rif region in
Morocco.[5][6] The Bey of Oran then withdrew to Algeria as soon as he had appointed his qaids for the eastern provinces.[4]
Aftermath
Between 1795 and 1798 the Algerians abandoned the eastern Rif region along with the eastern part of Morocco that they had reigned over just before the arrival of a military expedition that was sent by the
'Alawi Sultan
Slimane to re-capture these regions.[7] The
Bey of
Oran put up no resistance, and with the capture of the region in 1795,[8] the border between the
Regency of Algiers and
Morocco was definitively fixed at Wadi Kiss.[9][10][11][12] which brought an end to the
conflicts between the Algerians and Moroccans.[13]
^Martinière, Maximilien Antoine Cyprien Henri Poisson de La; Lacroix, Napoléon (1894). Documents pour servir à l'étude du Nord Ouest africain: réunis et rédigés par ordre de M. Jules Cambon (in French). Gouvernement général de l'Algérie, Service des affaires indigènes.
^Chenntouf, Tayeb (1981). "L'évolution du travail en Algérie au XIXe siècle". Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée (in French). 31 (1). PERSEE Program: 85–103.
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