Abstract:
This paper aims to highlight the motives behind the escalation of marine jihadist
operations in the Mediterranean basin during the 16th century, and to provide the regency of
Algiers with the unlimited material and human aid of the Andalusian Moors in their
'revolutions' against the Spanish, as well as the efforts of Khaireddine and Alj Ali in Tunisia to
thwart Spain's plan to occupy it. The Ottoman fleet, led by Sinan Pasha, intervened, which was
able to expel the Spanish permanently from Tunisia, which was annexed to the Ottoman Empire
in 1574.
This paper concluded that the cooperation in the maritime activity that existed between
the Algerian fleet and the Ottoman fleet in the face of the Christian alliance, in order to protect
the region of the Countries of the Maghreb from the European crusades that targeted it.
