Conquest of Tunis (1574)
| Conquest of Tunis | |||||||||
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| Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars | |||||||||
The Ottoman fleet attacking Tunis at La Goulette in 1574. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Hafsid dynasty | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Gabrio Serbelloni (POW) |
Occhiali Koca Sinan Pasha | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Total men: 7,000 |
250–300 warships Total men: 100,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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6,700 killed 300 prisoners |
25,000 (Spanish claim) | ||||||||
Central Europe–Balkans
Mediterranean
East Indies |
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 North Africa vied between both empires in favour of the former, sealing the Ottoman domination over eastern and central Maghreb, with the Ottoman dependencies in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli ensuing coming to experience a golden age as corsair states.
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