Ottoman Tunisia
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Ottoman Tunisia was a semi-autonomous territory of the Ottoman Empire. It existed from the 16th to the 19th century and was located roughly in present-day Tunisia.
Aruj (c.1474–1518), the elder Barbarossa
Khayr al-Din (Hayreddin) Pasha (c.1483–1546), the younger Barbarossa
The 1569 march on Tunis by Uluç Ali: 5,000 Janissaries, accompanied by Kabyle troops.
The Capture of Tunis by Uluj Ali, 1574.
Conquest of Tunis (1574)
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The conquest of Tunis in 1574 marked the conquest of Tunis by the Ottoman Empire over the Spanish Empire, which had seized the place a year earlier. The event virtually determined the supremacy in Nor
Ottoman Tunisia
…the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V sent a multinational invasion force to wrest back control of Tunis, overwhelming the Ottoman garrison. Following the final Ottoman reconquest of Tunis from Spain in 1574, the Ottomans maintained control of Tunis for over three centuries. Their rule came to an end following the French conquest of Tunisia in 1881…
John of Austria attempted several times to relieve the siege, but in vain.
Koca Sinan Pasha, an Albanian Muslim, led the Ottoman capture of Tunis.