siege, early modern

Siege of Tunis

Name: Siege of Tunis
Location: Tunis, Tunisia

Siege of Tunis was a siege conducted in October 1705 at Tunis, in what is now Tunisia. It was part of the Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705. The recorded result: Peace Treaty; Husayn Bey pays a ransom of 150,000 Pisatres. Recorded strength: 30,000; 10,000 Tunisian Arabs against 18,000.

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FoughtOctober 1705

WhereTunis, Tunisia36.806N, 10.182E

OutcomePeace Treaty; Husayn Bey pays a ransom of 150,000 Pisatres

BelligerentsRegency of Algiers; Various Tunisian arab tribes.againstBeylik of Tunis

Casualties and lossesLowandUnknown

Part ofTunisian-Algerian War of 17051705

Where it sits in the Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705

3 placed engagements of the Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	October 1705 (month precision)
Place	Tunis, Tunisia 36.806N, 10.182E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Very minor, or no changes.
Strength	30,000; 10,000 Tunisian Arabs	18,000
Casualties and losses	Low	Unknown
Commanders	Hadj Moustapha	Al-Husayn I ibn Ali

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 1694, 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 8 July 1705
All 3 engagements of Tunisian-Algerian War of 1705

Elsewhere in 1705

Siege of Tunis is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 119 in present-day Tunisia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q86669234, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tunis (1705), revision 1370746094, 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.