Siege of Tunis (1705)
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Peace Treaty
- Husayn Bey pays a ransom of 150,000 Pisatres
changes Very minor, or no changes.
| Siege of Tunis (1705) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Tunisian–Algerian War (1705) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Beylik of Tunis | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Hadj Moustapha |
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali | ||||||||
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30,000
| 18,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Low | Unknown | ||||||||
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The Siege of Tunis (1705) was a military engagement fought between the Regency of Algiers and the Beylik of Tunis, and was the final major engagement of the Tunisian–Algerian War (1705).
After the Algerian Army entered Tunisia on 8 July 1705, the Bey of Tunis Ibrahim el Sharif surrendered in El Kef and was imprisoned by Moustapha and sent to Algiers. His agha and Khaznadar , Al Husayn I ibn Ali, decided to retreat and go back to Tunis, where he would proclaim himself Bey, and by the Tunisian divan and founder of a new dynasty, the Husainids. But his new reign as Bey wouldn't be as peaceful as he intended, as the Algerians were on their way to besiege the capital of the country, the Bey quickly reinforced the city as a ditch was dug around the capital, the walls were reinforced along with the doors who were consolidated, and the increase of the effectiveness of the army.