siege, early modern

Siege of Tunis

Name: Siege of Tunis
Location: Tunis, Tunisia

Siege of Tunis was a siege conducted in August 1694 at Tunis, in what is now Tunisia. It was part of the Tunisian-Algerian War of 1694. The recorded result: Algerian victory. Recorded strength: 7,600 troops: 2,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 400 janissaries; 3,200 other against 15,000 infantry; 600 horses.

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FoughtAugust 1694

WhereTunis, Tunisia36.806N, 10.182E

OutcomeAlgerian victory

BelligerentsRegency of AlgiersagainstTunisia

Part ofTunisian-Algerian War of 16941694

Record

Date	August 1694 (month precision) to 12 November 1694
Place	Tunis, Tunisia 36.806N, 10.182E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Tunis becomes a beylik of Algiers
Strength	7,600 troops: 2,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry; 400 janissaries; 3,200 other	15,000 infantry; 600 horses
Commanders	Hadj Ahmed Chabane	Mohamed Bey El Mouradi

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Tunis 1705, same recorded site
Conquest of Tunis 1574, 0.6 km S
Conquest of Tunis 1535, 1.5 km SW
Siege of Tunis 238 BC, 1.7 km SW
Battle of Bagradas 255 BC, 1.7 km SW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 7 times between 255 BC and 1705.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kef 1694

Elsewhere in 1694

Siege of Tunis is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 119 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q86669109, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tunis (1694), revision 1372479346, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.