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Conquest of Tunis (1534)

Ottoman conquest of Tunis in 1534

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Ottoman conquest of Tunis in 1534

Field	Value
conflict	Conquest of Tunis (1534)
date	1534
place	Tunis
result	Ottoman victory
combatant1	Hafsid Flag - Tunisia.svg Hafsid dynasty
combatant2	Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire
commander1	Muley Hasan
commander2	Hayreddin Barbarossa
strength1	Unknown
strength2	Unknown
casualties1	Heavy
casualties2	Unknown

Historic map of [[Tunis]] by [[Piri Reis]]. [[The Walters Art Museum

Eyalet of Tunis]] fighting Spanish. Spanish tapestry from the [[Alcázar of Seville]], 1554.

The conquest of Tunis occurred on 16 August 1534 when Hayreddin Barbarossa captured the city from the Hafsid ruler Muley Hasan.

In 1533, Suleiman the Magnificent ordered Hayreddin Barbarossa, whom he had summoned from Algiers, to build a large war fleet in the arsenal of Constantinople. Altogether 70 galleys were built during the winter of 1533–34, manned by slave oarsmen, including 1,200 Christian ones. With this fleet, Barbarossa conducted aggressive raids along the coast of Italy, until he landed in Tunis on 16 August 1534, ousting the local ruler, theretofore subservient to the Spanish, the Hafsid Regent Muley Hasan.

Barbarossa thus established a strong naval base in Tunis, which could be used for raids in the region, and on nearby Malta. Tunis was a highly strategic location, controlling the passage from the west to the eastern basin of the Mediterranean.

In 1535 however, upon the plea of Muley Hasan, Emperor Charles V mounted a counter-offensive and retook the city in the conquest of Tunis of 1535.

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References

Rubén González Cuerva (2020). [http://www.storiamediterranea.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/7-cuerva.pdf Infidel Friends: Charles V, Mulay Hassan and the Theater of Majesty.] ''Mediterranea Ricerche Storiche,'' Anno XVII

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