The relations betwccn the Ottcmans and Tunis under theHafdtes began with Oruç Reis. In 1512 Oruç R.eis came to Tunis and made an agreement with the Hafsite Sultan Muhammad. Oruç Reis would give the Sultan one fifth of the spoils which he gets in warJ against European states in return for his using Tunis ports as basis of operations. In the spring of 1513 Oruç Reis and his brother Hızır Rei.:J hoist eails towards north and captured in Medittırranean two christian ships. The Hafsite Sultan was veryhappy at his share