Back غزو تونس (1535) Arabic Tunisin fəthi (1535) Azerbaijani تونوس اۇن آلینماسی (۱۵۳۵) AZB Война за Тунис Bulgarian Jornada de Tunis Catalan Tunisfeldzug German Jornada de Túnez Spanish Conquête de Tunis (1535) French כיבוש תוניס (1535) HE Penaklukan Tunis (1535) ID
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| Conquest of Tunis | |||||||||
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| Part of the Spanish–Ottoman wars, the Ottoman–Habsburg wars and the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Portugal Papal States Republic of Genoa Knights of Malta | Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
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Charles V Andrea Doria Alfonso d'Avalos Álvaro de Bazán García de Toledo Duke of Alba Duke of Beja | Hayreddin Barbarossa | ||||||||
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Total men: 30,000–60,000 10,000 Spaniards 8,000 Germans 8,000 Italians 1,500 Portuguese[3] 700 Maltese Unknown number of Flemings Total ships: 398 207 ships[4] 10 galleys 6 galleys 19 galleys Kingdom of Portugal 1 galleon, 2 carracks, 20 round caravels, 8 galleys 8 galleys 1 carrack, 4 galleys 60 hulks |
82 warships[1] 2 galleys[5] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown: Many fell to dysentery[citation needed] |
30,000 Muslim civilians massacred[6] 10,000 Muslims enslaved[7] 20,000 Christians freed[7] | ||||||||
The Conquest of Tunis in 1535, occurred when the Habsburg Emperor Charles V and his allies captured the city of Tunis from the control of the Ottoman Empire.[8]
- ^ a b Crowley 2008, p. 61.
- ^ History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey Ezel Kural Shaw
- ^ José Augusto Amaro Pissarra: O galeão S. João (c. 1530–1551). Dados para uma monografia, Cascais, 1999, p. 195
- ^ 15 galleys of the Mediterranean Squadron, 42 ships of the Cantabrian fleet, 150 ships of the Málaga Squadron
- ^ Garnier 2008, p. 96.
- ^ A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, Vol. II, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 506.
- ^ a b Brotton, Jerry (20 September 2016). The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-698-19163-1.
- ^ Bruce Ware Allen, "Emperor vs. Pirate Tunis, 1535." MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History (Winter 2014) 26#2 pp 58–63.