The Dey of Tunis (Arabic: داي تونس) was the military commander of the janissaries in the regency of Tunis. In the seventeenth century the holders of the...

Regency of Algiers (Algeria), Tripoli, and Tunis under the Ottoman Empire from 1671 onwards. Twenty-nine deys held office from the establishment of the...

Uthman Dey or Kara Osman Dey (died in September 1610) was Dey of Tunis from 1593 until his death. A Turkish soldier of Anatolian origin, where he had...

Muhammad al-Hafsi al-Muradi (Pasha of Tunis), several Deys of Tunis, the Turkish militia in Tunis and the Dey of Algiers. Historians agree that the revolutions...

The Capture of Tunis occurred in 1735 when the Dey of Algiers sent an invasion force to Tunis in order to install Ali Pasha as the Bey. After a failed...

On his return to Tunis on 10 July, he was proclaimed Bey of Tunis. Ibrahim, freed by the Dey of Algiers, attempted to retake Tunis in order to avenge...

The Medina of Tunis is the medina quarter of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The Medina contains some...

such as marble from Italy.: 215  In Tunis, the Mosque complex of Yusuf Dey, built or begun around 1614–15 by Yusuf Dey (r. 1610–1637), is one of the earliest...

Hussein Khodja Dey or Hassan Khodja Dey was the 8th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled one year after his predecessor Hadj Moustapha. After the death of...

Tunis (Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has...

Mohammed ben Cheker asked the dey of Algiers, at the time Hadj Chabane, for help in order to make himself Bey of Tunis. The dey of Algiers accepted his proposal...

Tunis from the Ottoman government, along with the right of his son and heir Hamuda Bey to inherit the title of Bey, with the agreement of Yusuf Dey....

Tunis. During the Maghrebi war, The Regency suffered from brutal campaigns from both the West and East by the Moroccan and Tunisian alliance. The Dey...

as some cosmetics. Built in 1612 by Yusuf Dey, the souk El Berka is the old souk of black slaves in Tunis. This souk became later the souk of jewelers...

(1570 – June 1640; French: Ousta Mourad) was a corsair captain and later Dey of Tunis from 1637 until his death. Born in Levanto, Liguria, he was the son of...

Youssef Dey Mosque, also known as Al B'chamqiya, is a 17th-century mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, located in Medina area of the city. The mosque is considered...

Dynasty from Tunis. Three years later, after Sharif had been captured by the Dey of Algiers, he took control of the Turkish army in Tunis and, on 12 July...

Ottomans while Dey Hadj Chabane was campaigning in Morocco. They set fire to several buildings and some of the ships at anchor there. Tunis adamantly refused...

Dey of Algiers. He ruled 15 years after his predecessor Baba Abdi. He was Khaznadar (treasurer) under the previous dey, Baba Abdi. He was elected Dey...

led a to a Ceasefire between Algiers and Morocco, and allowed the Dey to focus on Tunis instead. In 1702, Murad III was raising an army to start another...

Yusuf Dey (c.1560 in Tripoli – 1637 at Tunis) was Dey of Tunis from 1610 until his death. Son of Mustapha El Turki, an Ottoman Turkish soldier stationed...

Morocco and Tunis were successful. However, his enemies turned his Eastern army against him; he was removed from power and executed. Dey Hadj Ahmed Chabane...

prisoners to be sold as slaves at market in Tunis. He obtained from the subsequent Dey, Ahmed Khodja Dey the right to a force of almost 600 footmen drawn...

situated in the northern part of Tunis. The imposition of the blockade was a manifestation of oppression against the Dey Hammuda ibn Ali, On August 10 the...

Regency of Tunis. Ever since the establishment of Ottoman Tunisia, the Deys of the country were elected by the Turkish janissaries. The Pasha of Tunis appointed...

Mustapha was the 7th ruler and Dey of Algiers. He ruled five years after his predecessor Hadj Chaouch. In 1700 the Algerian Dey Hadj Chaouch was forced to...

founded by Murad I Bey, a janissary of Corsican origin. Ramdan Bey, ruler of Tunis, had sponsored the Corsican Murad since his youth. After Ramdan's death...

boundaries set in 1614. However, Youssef Dey ordered that this injunction be disregarded. The Ottomans send a mediator to de-escalate tensions between the two...

returned to Tunis to be recognised as Bey in place of his brother who remained under siege in Kairouan. After some mediation by the Dey of Algiers, a...

tunisiennes: ou, Aperçu historique sur la régence de Tunis (in French). Bastide. Mercier, Ernest (1891). Histoire de l'Afrique septentrionale (Berbérie) depuis...