استرداد تونس من الإسبان
استرداد تونس من الإسبان
14 May 1574 CE · 23 Muharram 982 AH
The final Ottoman recovery of Tunis, 1574 — Selim II sent Sinan Pasha and Kapudan Kılıç Ali with 238 ships; La Goulette fell to a tight siege and the Spanish, with the Hafsid king Muhammad b. al-Hasan, were driven into their showpiece fortress, the Bastion 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
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Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Preparation
Two hundred and thirty-eight ships were fitted out, and oarsmen were brought. Hayder Pasha, the Ottoman governor in Tunis, who had withdrawn to Kairouan, was gathering fighters from among the people. 2
The campaign
The fleet set sail on 23 Muharram 982 AH, corresponding to 14 May 1574 CE. It struck the Calabrian coast and Messina and seized a Christian ship, then crossed the open sea in five days. Hayder Pasha arrived, together with a force of Algerians under Ramadan Pasha, a force from Tripoli under Mustafa Pasha, and volunteers from Egypt. 2
According to the source, the fighting began in spring 981 AH. The Ottomans seized Halq al-Wadi after a tight siege. Tunis itself was besieged; the Spanish fled, together with the Hafsid king Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, to al-Bastyun, a fort the Spanish had fortified heavily. The Ottomans turned to besiege it and tightened the encirclement. 2
The sailing date (982 AH) precedes the start of fighting (981 AH) in the source's text; this needs an additional source.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Tunis
People and things also explored
Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya· Tunis
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 285
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.285
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islam.museum contributors. “استرداد تونس من الإسبان”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ottoman-recovery-of-tunis-981/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.