Although the Regency of Algiers confirmed its control over Tlemcen and Orania, it did not have the means to launch long campaigns in the Sahara, which it delegated to various tribal confederations like the Ouled Sidi Cheikh.

[3] The weakening of the Zayyanids of Tlemcen, playing on their alliances with Spain, the Turks of Algiers and the Wattasids to maintain themselves, opened up a political void in western Algeria.

[2] The regency of Algiers, directed by the exogenous Turkish element of its militia, extended its influence to the west through the play of maraboutic alliances and brotherhoods.

[3] On the other hand, the fall of the Zayyanids of Tlemcen opened the way for the Saharan conquests of the Saadians, who were anxious to control the trans-Saharan trade routes that had been left vacant.

The Regency could not engage in distant Saharan expeditions, but troops were sent from Algiers to the Gourara towards the end of the 16th century [fr] at the request of Ksourians facing rezzous from Tafilalt.