| Conflict: | Expedition to Cherchell |
| Place: | Cherchell |
| Date: | 1516 |
| Result: | Principality of Cherchell defeat |
| Combatants Header: | Belligerents |
| Combatant1: | Kingdom of Kuku Barbarossa brothers |
| Combatant2: | Principality of Cherchell |
| Commander1: | Oruç Reis Ahmad al-Kadi |
| Commander2: | Kara Hassan |
| Units1: | 5,000 Kabyles 800 Turks |
| Units2: | Unknown |
| Casualties1: | Unknown |
| Casualties2: | Unknown |
The Expedition to Cherchell was a joint operation by Ahmad al-Kadi and Arudj Reis who marched on Cherchell with an army of 5,000 Kabyles and 800 Turks to depose its ruler who had founded a small independent sovereignty.
In 1516 the locals of Algiers asked Arudj Reis to liberate them from the tribute payments set by the Spaniards.[1]
Arudj Reis set off with his ally, Ahmad al-Kadi and an army composed of 800 Turks and 5,000 Kabyle auxiliaries.[2] Instead of going straight to Algiers, they went to Cherchell where one of his Reis, Kara Hassan, had founded a small sovereignty.[3] Arudj Reis did not want to leave his flank defenceless, he seized the city, put its sovereign to death and left a garrison.
Following the seizure of Cherchell, Arudj Reis and his ally Ahmad al-Kadi marched on Algiers and seized the city.