| Conflict: | Expedition to Tuat |
| Date: | 1579 |
| Place: | Tuat, Algeria |
| Result: | Algerian victory |
| Combatant1: | Regency of Algiers |
| Combatant2: | Tribes of Tuat |
| Commander1: | Hassan Veneziano |
| Commander2: | Unknown |
| Strength1: | Unknown |
| Strength2: | Unknown |
| Casualties1: | Unknown |
| Casualties2: | Unknown |
The Algerian expedition to Tuat in 1579 was a military campaign by the Regency of Algiers against the tribes of Tuat, which resulted in Algiers gaining nominal control over the region.
After the tribes of Tafilalt launched expeditions in the Tuat region, the prominent figures of the oasis urgently sought the intervention of the Dey of Algiers. This plea was substantiated by the issuance of stern missives to the nomadic populace. In 1579, a significant military campaign was launched in response.[1]
Under the leadership of the Dey of Algiers, the deployed troops strategically positioned themselves in the ruins of Tiberchrine post-deterrence. Subsequently, reconnaissance units were dispatched to survey other oases before shifting their efforts towards the northern front.
Following the Algerian annexation of Tuat-Gourara, the cognizant oasis leaders adeptly recognized the pertinent authority to which they should direct their appeals: the esteemed Dey of Algiers,[2] seeking protection from them.[3]
Even after the Moroccan conquest, the tribes continued to pay tribute to Hassan Veneziano and the rest of the Algerian Deys until the fall of the Regency of Algiers in 1830.[4] Since the local tribes revolted several times against the Alawi dynasty and its authority over the Tuat region, Moroccan control remained largely nominal.[5]