Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Ahmed bin Salem

Algerian Sufi commander (born c. 1802)

Ahmed bin Salem is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1840 and 1846: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Algeria (4), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 98 km apart end to end, 24 km between engagements on average.

Battle of AmmalBattle of Beni MeredSecond Assault of DellysBattle of Tizi Ouzou1846 Battle of the Col des Beni AïchaBattle of AmmalBattle of Beni MeredBattle of Tizi OuzouAlgiersConstantineBatnaSétifBlidaChlefBéjaïaSkikdaTiaratMédéa200 km36.658N, 3.936E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1840: 1 engagements1 in 18401842: 1 engagements1 in 18421844: 1 engagements1 in 18441845: 1 engagements1 in 18451846: 1 engagements1 in 184618401846
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Ammal, 1840Battle of Beni Mered, 1842Second Assault of Dellys, 1844Battle of Tizi Ouzou, 18451846 Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha, 184618401846
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
April 1840Battle of AmmalFranceAlgerian victory
11 April 1842Battle of Beni MeredBeni Mered, Algeria11 km NEAlgerian victory
25 April 1844Second Assault of DellysAlgeria0 km NFrench victory
June 1845Battle of Tizi OuzouAlgeria44 km EFrench victory
3 February 18461846 Battle of the Col des Beni AïchaAlgeria44 km WFrench victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.