The Capture of Tunis in 1569 was a campaign led by
Uluç Ali
Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or ''Giovan Dionigi Galeni'', also ''Uluj Ali'', tr, Uluç Ali ''Reis'', later ''Uluç Ali Paşa'' and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian farmer, then Ottoman privateer and ...
to conquer Tunis.
In 1569 the Beylerbey of Algiers,
Uluç Ali
Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or ''Giovan Dionigi Galeni'', also ''Uluj Ali'', tr, Uluç Ali ''Reis'', later ''Uluç Ali Paşa'' and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian farmer, then Ottoman privateer and ...
, set off over land toward Tunis with 5,300 janissaries and 6,000 Kabyle cavalry from the
Kingdom of Kuku
The Kingdom of Kuku (''Kingdom of Koukou'') was a Kabyle Berber kingdom. It was established around 1515 CE and ruled by the Ath l-Qadi dynasty until 1632 or 1638 CE. Ahmed ou el Khadi (Ou l-Qadi) is acknowledged as the founder.
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and the
Kingdom of Beni Abbes.
Uluç Ali
Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or ''Giovan Dionigi Galeni'', also ''Uluj Ali'', tr, Uluç Ali ''Reis'', later ''Uluç Ali Paşa'' and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian farmer, then Ottoman privateer and ...
encountered the Hafsid sultan at Beja, west of Tunis, Uluç Ali defeated him in battle and conquered Tunis without suffering any great losses. Mulay Ahmad III was forced to take refuge in the Spanish presidio of La Goletta in the bay of Tunis.
The Christian forces were able to recover Tunis in 1573
Crusaders in the Far East: The Moro Wars in the Philippines in the Context of the Ibero-Islamic World War
– Charles A. Truxillo Jain Publishing Company, p. 73. however the Ottoman forces under Uluç Ali
Occhiali (Giovanni Dionigi Galeni or ''Giovan Dionigi Galeni'', also ''Uluj Ali'', tr, Uluç Ali ''Reis'', later ''Uluç Ali Paşa'' and finally Kılıç Ali Paşa; 1519 – 21 June 1587) was an Italian farmer, then Ottoman privateer and ...
conquered Tunis yet again in 1574.
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Battles involving the Regency of Algiers
Conflicts in 1569
Battles involving Spain
Battles involving Tunisia
16th century in Ifriqiya
Military history of Tunis
Battles involving the Kingdom of Kuku
Battles involving the Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Hafsid dynasty
16th century in Tunisia
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