Capture of Tunis (1329)
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DateNovember–December 1329
Location
Tunis
Result
Hafsids become vassals of the Zayyanids for less than one year.
| Capture of Tunis (1329) | |||||||
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| Part of Siege of Béjaïa (1326-1329) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hafsid Dynasty |
 Kingdom of Tlemcen | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Yahya Ibn Moussa Mohamed Ibn Abu Umran | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The capture of Tunis was a battle in which the Ziyyanid army, under the command of Yahya Ibn Moussa and the Hafsid pretender Mohamed Ibn Abu Amran, took possession of Tunis as part of the Ziyyanid campaigns in Ifriqiya during the reign of Sultan Abu Tâshfîn.
After his defeat at the battle of er Rais, the Hafsid caliph took refuge in Annaba. The Zianid army, under the command of General Yahya Ibn Moussa, marched on Tunis accompanied by the pretender to the Hafsid throne, Mohamed Ibn Abu Umran.[1][2]