| Conflict: | Siege of Tunis |
| Place: | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Coordinates: | 36.8064°N 10.1817°W |
| Map Type: | Tunisia |
| Map Label: | Siege of Tunis |
| Partof: | the Tunisian-Algerian War (1694) |
| Date: | August-November 1694 [1] |
| Result: | Algerian victory |
| Combatant1: | Regency of Algiers |
| Combatant2: | Tunisia |
| Commander1: | Hadj Chabane Mohammed ben Cheker |
| Commander2: | Mohammed Bey |
| Territory: | Tunis becomes a beylik of Algiers |
| Strength1: | 7,600 troops:[2]
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| Strength2: | 15,000 infantry[3] 600 horses |
The siege of Tunis was a siege fought in 1694, between the Deylik of Algiers, and Muradid Tunis, during the Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694.
The Tunisian prince Mohammed ben Cheker asked the dey of Algiers, at the time Hadj Chabane,[4] for help in order to make himself Bey of Tunis. The dey of Algiers accepted his proposal, invaded Tunisia in 1694,[5] and defeated the Tunisian army at the Battle of Kef on June 24. Chabane then marched on Tunis, where Mohammed Bey el-Mouradi took refuge after his defeat.[6] The goal of Chabane was to make Tunis a simple governorate (Beylik) in a similar fashion to the other Beyliks of Algeria, such as the Beylik of Constantine.
The Algerian army a arrived in front of Tunis in August and started the siege. Despite the efforts of the Tunisian defenders, Tunis fell after 3 months, and the Algerians plundered the city on 12 November 1694, and Tunis fell under the control of the Dey of Algiers, with administration by Chaabane Khodja and Ben Cheker. [7]
Ben Cheker became t
Mohammed Bey el-Mouradi fled to Chios or the Sahara and Ben Cheker reigned over Tunis for six months as a governor for Algiers, but his reign was tyrannical and led the Tunisians to appeal to Mohammed Bey el-Mouradi in exile The latter defeated Ben Cheker On May 1, 1695 at the Battle of Merguellil, near Kairouan, and made himself bey of Tunis again.[9]